Epi. 50
What did you tell Yuwen Yong when you sneakly went out just now?
Why do you have red eyes?
I don’t want Lihua to marry so soon.
So, I went to quarrel with him.
Since Yuwen Hu was eliminated,
His Majesty's power becomes stronger gradually.
Apart from you,
nobody dares to argue with him.
Jian.
Will power change one's personality?
Perhap.
Of course.
Someone will not be changed forever.
Your dad and my dad are good example.
That's true.
They're always kind.
Jian.
You have told me that you wanted to be an emperor last time.
It's just casual talk.
This is a palace.
I just want to know and make it clear.
What make you have such a desire?
Apart from what the fortune teller told you,
is there any other reason?
Every man will have a desire to conquer the world,
irregardless what is his background.
I got it.
Jian.
Evey woman also have a dream.
Children happyness,
a happy life with couple,
the peaceful of the world.
If you and Yong have a same dream,
why not you quickly attack Qi?
But it's better to get it done the soonest.
It will be good if you can ask them to surrender.
So that less men will be killed or injured.
Don’t worry.
Greeting. Duke.
Greeting. Madame
Formality is not required.
Yuaner. Are you happy?
You're the youngest Duke of country in the world.
Madame. My condolences.
Duke of country is young.
But his forehead is full.
His appearance is elegent.
He will be a great person in future.
Yes.
Duke of country has empress to take care of him.
He will have a bright career.
Empress?
Madame.
We received an update.
Imperial tutor Yuwen Hu was killed due to rebel.
Duke of Sui's daugther Yang Lihua becomes crown prince's wife.
Madame.
Haven't I told you that
she definitely not His Majesty and Madame Yang's daugther?
Otherwise, His Majesty will not…
It's something happy.
My sister always has good luck
Why does she grab my honor everytime?
Why?
Aunty.
You have worked in palace for a long time.
Do you have any close friend to help me pass a message to empress?
Madame.
Could it be that you have forgotten His Majesty's warning?
It's just passing a message.
He won't be able to find the evidence.
Furthermore,
as long as Jialuo is suffer,
it's worth to take the risk.
Do you have any close friend?
Think quickly.
The forth year of Jiande,
Emperor Wu of Zhou, Yuwen Yong sent out his 180 thousands troop
to attack Qi.
Help me to earn back the honor which we have lost in Mangshan.
Yang Jian accepts order.
Recover the lost territory
and attack immediately.
Victory. Victory.
The leader of the troop of Qi this time is Prince of Lanling
Prince of Lanling doesn’t go to the battlefiend.
He is jailed in the camp.
Gao Wei is a stupid emperor.
He is afraid of his cousin.
So, he took back all his powers this time.
The real leaders of this war are Lu Lingxuan's followers.
That's great.
Don’t move.
Imperial father said that
you would be my wife soon.
He asked me not to bully you.
Have I bullied you before?
Tell me.
Actually you have bullied me,
you even bitten me.
From now onward,
you will be my wife.
You must do what I tell you to do.
If you dare to complain to my dad,
don’t blame me for being impolite to you.
What are you thinking about?
It's nothing.
Nothing?
I'm your mom. I can see.
What did crown prince tell you in tower of the castle?
Nothing.
He just told me that auspicious day has selected.
After thinking that I have to marry soon,
I feel a bit upset.
If you really don’t want to marry now,
I can go to discuss with His Majesty.
No.
The decree was sent out and everyone knew about it.
How could we request to cancel?
Mom.
Don’t worry.
I'm fine.
Really?
Yes.
If there is anything unhappy,
there is one.
Crown prince doesn’t look smart as dad,
compare to Yong and Guang,
he is not as good as them too.
What are you reading?
The history books of former dynasty.
I'm thinking to sort out those biography of previous empress
for Lihua to read.
Why do you stay in the mansion?
Zheng Rong departures to battle.
Your child can let you go?
I'm here to discuss something with you.
Lihua will enter palace soon.
I'm thinking to go with her
to be her official assistant to accompany her at least one or half year.
If other people be her assistant,
I'm not comfortable.
Thank you.
Why do you say thank you?
I'm trying to pursue a better career development.
To be assistant of crown princess earn more than being a maid under Madame
Tell Lihua that
she has to pay me at least 50 golds a month.
Otherwise, I won't go.
I'm your old customer.
Can you give me a discount?
Don’t worry.
Crown prince's mother is not in favour.
His Majesty treats Lihua as biological daugther.
Even she marries to the next door,
she can't find a good parent-in-law like this.
Madame Lu is farsighted.
She taught Lihua about the ritual of palace,
the polity matter of the world,
I felt that these were unnecessary at that time.
Llihua can apply th4se knowledge now.
I just hope that she doesn’t have to use all her knowledge
to fight in palace.
Lihua doesn’t say anything about this marriage arrangement.
But she may not like it.
His majesty thinks that this arrangement is good to Lihua.
But men don’t really understand what women want.
Oh. Yes.
Is this battle dangerous?
They should be alright.
Although Yong said that Qi attacked Great Zhou first,
so that we have no choice by to defend.
But I feel that he would like to take this chance
to transfer all Yuwen Hu's followers out from capital
So, Jian and Zheng Rong won't be the pioneers of the battle.
They will be the pioneers instead.
His Majesty is good at concealing his feeling now.
Yuwen Hu monopolied the power for two decades,
Yong crouched for about ten years.
When he took action, he eliminated Yuwen Hu directly.
If he couldn't conceal his feeling,
how could he make it?
But, the wars are never ended.
Commoners will be suffering if so.
No wonder imperial court doesn't transfer the soldiers of our mansion.
Do you think second sister has received my present?
I wonder how my newphew looks like.
Her character is strange.
She didn’t want to see you in her last trip to capital.
Although she is your sister,
she is just too much.
Why not you keep distance from her in future?
Lihua marries soon.
You have a lot to do.
Don't give yourself a trouble.
Listen.
Fenzhou is in the front.
The number of soldiers there is less than ten thousand.
As long as we accomplish in one vigorous effort to take over this castle,
we can go back for reunion.
Take over Fanzhou,
back for reunion.
Take over Fanzhou,
back for reunion.
Take over Fanzhou,
back for reunion.
Go.
Madame Tang said that
although she was expeled from capital for the reason of assisting empress,
she has no regret.
Even she is far from capital
to take care of the only child of Duke of Tang,
she still worries about empress.
Madame would like to remind empress that
His majesty has appointed crown prince
and chosen crown prince's wife.
Empress is a princess of other clan
and has no children with you,
how will you become in future?
Help me to thank to Madame.
But it is too late to change.
Nothing I can do about it.
Actually, you can.
Yang Lihua is her daugther
and was grown up by His Majesty.
I'm afraid that
her position is more important than crown prince in His Majesty's mind.
If crown prince has conflict with crown princess,
His Majesty will….
His Majesty will angry crown prince?
If he really pisses off,
he may demote crown prince.
Princess.
This is a good idea.
I heard that crown prince is unhappy about this marriage arrangement.
We can find a way to get this done.
You have to quickly deliver a son for His Majesty.
Then he will be the elder son of the official wife.
He will then become the crown prince in future.
I asked you to manage those land officers.
Is this your way to manage them?
Look at the financial report.
How can it be so messy?
You shouldn't blame me for this.
This is because my subordinates mislead me.
They mislead you.
So you're trying to mislead me?
You're going to marry.
Why your working attitude is so unrealiable?
I'm wrong.
I'm not to force you to confess.
It's just that my health condition isn't well.
This throne will pass on to you one day.
But how can I be at ease based on your current performance?
Imperial father is still young and strong.
Please do not say this luckly statement.
Alright.
Rise up.
I know about my health condition.
I just want you to know that
I hope that you can be mature and take the responsibility.
So, I would like you to behave strictly.
I understand.
And also Lihua.
I heard that you have commented her eyes were ugly
and make her cry in the tower of castle
You must remember.
Lihua is the candidate that I choose to you personally.
She is elegant and intelligent.
No one can comment about her appearance.
Including you.
Yes.
I have picked the auspicious time for you.
When your father-in-law back in victory,
we can organize your big day.
Yes.
Imperial father.
My biological mother still has no title.
I'm afraid this is not presentable during the big day.
So,
I have put you under the name of empress.
Do not mention about this matter anymore.
Imperial father.
Anyway, this is my big day.
I hope my mother…. It's enough.
I removed her title as a concubine
because she has misconduct last time.
She thought she was biological mother of the crown prince,
and make trouble in the palace.
You want to get her a title,
do you want Lihua to be tortured by her after she married you?
I dare not.
Please keep calm.
Get out.
I ask you to get out. Are you deaf?
I can't go.
The broken glasses are everywhere.
Without maids here,
hat if Crown Prince gets injure?
Crown Prince
If you're angry,
you can just release your anger.
But if you want to throw things,
please don't throw near to yourself.
This is too dangerous.
Crown Prince. Please keep calm.
Hng.
Who is this Yang Lihua?
In imperial father's heart,
my biological mother is less important than her.
Crown princess is chosen by His Majesty.
She must be a perfect person.
It's just that everything has to be tolerant.
The old saying,
mother's honour is depended on her son.
If crown prince inherites the throne in future,
you can award your imperial mother at that time.
You're good at speaking.
What is your name?
My name is Zhu Manyue.
I'm assigned by inner palace to serve crown prince.
Get up.
You look smart.
Help me to take care of my cupboard in future.
Yes.
Luckily we didn’t fail the mission.
During our battle this time,
we have killed 40 thousands soldiers of Qi.
and taken back 30 castles.
Great.
With a great general like you,
Great Zhou has no worry.
Pass my decree.
Reward all soldiers,
promote Yang Jian as great general.
I'm just 30 years old.
I dare not accept the honor of great general.
Well.
You don't have to be too polite to me.
Three days later,
Yun and Lihua will marry soon.
If you have a higher ranking,
I will have more honor.
I just worked hard in the battle for Your Majesty,
at the same time, my daugther is given to you.
Your Majesty.
You're too smart in calculation.
Am i?
You take care of the battle outside,
but you don’t know to save money for me.
Our national finance is weak.
It's good to organize victory ceremony together with a wedding dinner.
Don’t complain too much.
Isn't the throne inherited by your grandson-in-law in future?
Our soldiers were back in victory.
Crown prince is married soon.
This is double happinesses.
Pass my decree.
Reduce tax for one year.
Great.
Congratulation. Dad.
Congratulation. Great General.
What are you saying?
Dad still looks young.
Get up quickly.
You all have grown up.
Dad brought you horses from Dawan.
One for each of you.
They're tied in the yard.
Go to see quickly.
I want to talk to your mom for a while.
Thank you. Dad.
Go quickly.
She is still a little girl.
But she has to marry so soon.
If possible,
I rather use my position to exchange her freedom of marriage.
I'm reluctant to let go too.
But Lihua has crushed on crown prince.
Lihua really thinks so?
I asked her many times.
She said that
she has met crown prince few times in the palace
and has crushed on him after that.
I also asked him,
crown prince always tease her for all reasons,
wasn't she angry?
But finally,
she helped crown prince to explain.
So strange.
It's hard to keep a girl in a home.
But in a glance of time,
our daugther has grown up.
Look.
This little girl is still young.
I'm still handsome.
Could it be the god miscount our age?
The god is strange too.
Why are you talkative when you grow older?
Let's discuss something serious.
Why will you take out your green ribbon to wear it?
I was fallen in love to you because of this at the first sight.
Oh. Yes.
How was the battle?
It's an easy job.
It's nothing to say.
I think you have read the military report, haven't you?
This time,
Great Zhou has taken 30 castles.
But the injured and murdered numbers are less than 5,000.
We're in a favourble position this time,
however, we're still unable to eliminate Qi.
I think His Majesty may stop attack for temporary.
I don’t think so.
I think within a year.
His Majesty will propose to attack Qi again.
A military report yesterday showed that
emperor of Qi blamed prince of Lanling is lack of capability,
and granted him a poisoned wine.
Gao Wei is looking trouble for himself.
He is stupid and not capable.
If I were His Majesty,
I would not give up this good chance.
If Chen grabs the advantage,
and when their military powers are built up,
we're be their target.
I really admire Sister Lu for her far-sightness.
She is right.
If want to eliminate Qi,
it's better that you take the action.
So that the impart to the commenors will be lesser.
Let's talk about this in future.
We still need to handle Lihua's wedding ceremony.
Oh. Yes.
How is the preparation of dowry?
I brought back many quality furs from the North.
Where is Guang?
Why I didn’t see him?
Don’t tell me that he couldn't recognize dad anymore.
Rise up.
Send them into wedding room.
Crown Prince.
We should take rest now.
We have to wake up early tomorrow
to send our greeting to His Majesty, empress
and Concubine Li.
You want to greet imperial concubine?
Don’t you think her ranking is low?
Imperial regulation is a matter.
Blood relationship is another matter.
Concubine is your biological mother.
As daugther-in-law,
how could I look down on her?
Seem like you have grown up.
You're mature now.
What are you laughing?
I laugh because you're same as my brother Yong.
You both are still young.
But always like to say someone is young.
I'm crown prince.
How can you compare me with your younger brother?
You're right.
Don't laugh.
I didn’t.
Lihua.
In the past,
I always bullied you.
It's my fault.
But this is because I like you.
If you're good to me in future,
I will be good to you too.
As long as you're good to me,
I'm willing to spend my whole life with you.
We would like to greet His Majesty and Empress.
Formality is not required.
We're one family.
Formality is not necessary.
Crown prince.
Quickly greet your parents-in-law.
Parents-in-law,
I will be good to Lihua.
I dare not.
It's my daugther's fortune to marry crown prince.
I'm impolite.
Please forgive me.
Over here.
Bring her out and send her to laundry department.
Please spare me.
I've served crown prince and I'm in third month pregnancy currently.
If sending me to laundry department,
I will die.
How dare you.
You're such a hamble maid.
How dare you insult your master in front of His Majesty.
Pull her out and beat her till death.
Crown prince. Help me.
I really have your baby.
I don’t mind to die.
But my baby is your first child.
You really disppointed me.
Imperial father.
You beat me?
I just bestowed favor on a maid.
what a big deal?
You!!!
Yang Jian.
Jialuo.
I'm sorry for his misconduct.
I'm sorry to you.
Your Majesty.
This is just the firsy day of marriage.
How could this happen?
What a good marriage arrangement that you make to Lihua.
Bring this maid out and beat her with stick till death.
He Quan.
Pass my decree.
Crown prince is misconducted
and unable to take responsibility.
In future… wait.
Your Majesty.
Let me guess what Your Majesty would like to say later on.
You want to put crown prince under house arrest,
or you want to demote him?
If you just want to give me an answer for his misconduct,
this is not necesasry.
Because this is crown prince's family matter.
You shouldn't worry too much.
Over here.
Send her to the west yard.
After imperial doctor's diagnosis,
I will make further arrangement.
Lihua.
This is not your time to show your generous.
Your Majesty. Dad.
Don't you think this is too coincidence?
Why this maid told you about this on the first wedding day?
Why does she keep secret for three months?
She can be selected to serve crown prince,
I think she is not a stupid girl.
She knows that Your Majesty will piss off if this matter is disclosed.
She and her baby may be killed in so.
Why didn’t she discuss with crown prince in advance?
I'm not sure whether this is a scheme or not.
But if this is really a scheme,
the objective of this man
is to let crown prince receives less favour by Your Majesty.
And create conflict among Yang's family and imperial family.
Why do we want to make his objective come true?
Your Mahesty.
No.
Dad.
You have concubines also.
In future, crown prince will have many ladies to serve him too.
It's no different to have it now or later.
Since Lihua is the empress in future,
I must be generous.
I shouldn't jeolous and envy.
Moreover,
if you really demote crown prince,
what will happen to me as a crown princess?
Rise quickly.
Lihua.
You're right.
You're far-sighted and generous.
I really make a good choice.
Imperial father.
I'm wrong.
Please punish me.
What for you apologize to me?
Quickly seek forgiveness from Lihua.
Lihua.
It's me…
No.
I'm wrong.
I will discuss with you in future.
Parents-in-law,
I was silly at that time to be seduced by this maid.