Episode 27
Why do I have to die so soon?
Is this a sign of...
...Wei coming to an end?
Your Majesty, stop thinking about this.
Just focus on your recovery.
You'll get well soon.
Cao Pi had let me down.
It looks like I'm about to do the same to him.
Father.
You entrusted me with the future of Wei...
...but I can't do this anymore.
I can't do it anymore.
I can't.
Your Majesty, please don't say this.
The Crown Prince...
...is still young.
He needs a mentor.
Cao Shuang will do it.
He might usurp the throne anytime.
If he has all the power...
...he would want more.
That's how power works.
Once one gets a taste of it...
"instead of being grateful...
...he would try to claim others' share.
Then we'll just let them control each other.
However, Sima Yi...
I've always wanted him dead.
However, he's the only one who can be the regent now.
I'm worried...
...that he might override Cao Shuang.
Let's summon Sima Yi back now.
If he has an agenda, he wouldn't dare to return.
Even if I have to risk everything,“...
...I'll get the loyalists to get rid of him.
Once he returns...
...whether you want to kill, torture or spare him...
...it'd be entirely up to you, Your Majesty.
Please don't leave me!
Your Majesty! -Please don't leave me, mother!
Mother, please don't leave me!
Mother, don't go.
Mother.
Mother, hold on.
Mother.
It's tasty. It's your favourite.
Take it.
Eat it, mother.
Eat it. It's sweet.
Is it nice?
Mother.
I feel so cold.
So cold.
I heard that you have steely gaze, like a hawk or a wolf.
Come forward...
...and let me take a look.
Turn around.
Just one round.
So your leg is fine now.
I never dreamt that you would be the Chief Commander one day.
However, Emperor Wu is gone.
Master is gone, too.
Jueying is gone, too, while I'm barely alive.
Sima Yi.
The war has been going on for so long.
The people have been fighting each other.
When will it end?
It'll end when there's peace.
When will that be?
We'll unify the kingdoms first.
Didn't that take place before?
It didn't work out.
Hou Ji is right.
It happened before...
...followed by the days of the Ten Attendants.
That's how General He Jin died.
Then, Dong Zhuo entered the capital.
Soon, the 18 warlords initiated a campaign against him.
That's when Emperor Wu, Sun Ce and Sun Quan...
...Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao and Liu Bei...
...appeared. -Master, if you go on...
...I'm going to fall asleep.
Bring him to his bed. -Yes.
Here.
Sima Yi.
Chief Commander. Good job!
Work harder.
I look forward to the days when the kingdoms are unified.
It shall not collapse again.
Yes. -It shall not collapse again.
Father, news from Luoyang. The Internal Officer is here.
This is for you.
The Emperor is sick. He's summoning you back to Luoyang.
He's summoning you alone. This is not good.
Father, we have an army with us.
If I bring the army back to Luoyang...
...it would look like I'm staging a rebellion.
If you go back alone, they can do anything to you.
What if the Emperor decides to...
What are you going to do?
If I refuse to return, I'd be labeled as a traitor.
The following decree would see the Emperor summoning the loyalists.
I'll go there now. You stay here.
Where's the Internal Officer? -Main hall.
Father, I'll go with you.
Shi'er and Zhao'er, look after the army.
Father is right. We should stay here.
That way, the Emperor won't harm father. If he does that...
...we'll do a Wu Zixu and attack Luoyang.
We the Sima family are not traitors...
...but we'll not let anyone mess with us either.
Your Majesty.
I can't bear to see women cry. Stop crying.
Isn't he here yet? -He'll be here soon.
Once he's here...
...tell Sima Yi there's no need to stand on ceremony.
He doesn't have to change into official attire.
When Chief Commander arrives, tell him that...
...he doesn't have to change into official attire.
Yes.
Your Majesty, Sima Yi is here.
Summon him. Hurry up.
Summon him.
All of you may leave.
Please leave.
Your Majesty, if Sima Yi intends to harm you...
...please raise your hand as a signal.
We'll kill him.
Greetings, Your Majesty.
Long live...
...the Emperor.
Chief Commander.
You've been travelling. It's been hard for you.
Chief Commander, the Emperor said that...
...you've been travelling. It's been hard for you.
No worries, it's my duty, Your Majesty.
He said not at all. It's his duty.
Chief Commander.
You won the war in Liaodong.
It's a great achievement.
Yes, I took the small paths...
...and travelled non-stop throughout the journey.
Chief Commander, the Emperor was talking about how you've won...
...in Liaodong. It's a great achievement.
It's all thanks to you, Your Majesty. I dare not...
...claim the credit for the success in Liaodong.
Your Majesty, he said he dared not claim the credit.
It's all thanks to you, Your Majesty.
Here.
Come here.
I'm terribly sick now.
I've been waiting for your return.
You arrive just in time. I'm relieved.
Your Majesty, you're the Emperor. With the people's blessings...
...you shall recover soon.
I'd always thought...
...you'd die before me.
You're already so old.
You were likely to die first.
Who would've thought...
...I'd leave the world before you do.
Your Majesty, I'm old. My days are numbered.
You're meant to live long.
I only hope that you can honour me when I die.
That shall be the greatest honour of my life.
Sir Sima, please don't say that.
L---
...know you well.
The Emperor said...
...he knows you well, Chief Commander!
Thank...
...you, Your Majesty.
Sir Sima. -Yes, Your Majesty.
I summon you here today...
...to entrust you with guiding the Crown Prince.
The Crown Prince will be the Emperor of Wei.
Please be a good mentor to him.
Yes, I will.
Don't worry, I'll not let you down, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, which one are you talking about?
Who do you think is better?
Which one resembles me?
Your Majesty, you said yesterday Prince Cao Fang resembles you.
Cao Fang.
Fang'er, come over here.
Prince Cao Fang, please come forward.
Fang'er, give Chief Commander a hug.
Did you take a good look at him? -Yes.
Will you remember his face? -Yes.
He'll be the Crown Prince of Wei.
I'll try all I can to guide the Crown Prince, Your Majesty.
I hereby appoint...
...Cao Shuang as Great General...
...and Sima Yi as Grand Commandant.
Both of them will be the regents to guide the Crown Prince.
Cao Shuang will be appointed as Great General.
Sima Yi will be appointed as Grand Commandant.
Both of them will be the regents to guide the Crown Prince.
Yes...
...Your Majesty.
Grand Commandant. -Yes.
Please rise.
Rise.
Turn around.
Your Majesty. -Turn around.
All right.
Come in!
All of you, get out.
Get out! -Yes.
Please carry me on your back.
You've been working for me...
...for 13 years.
You're the person I fear...
...yet rely on the most.
I'm entrusting the Crown Prince to you.
It's time for you to shoulder the future of Wei...
...the way you carried me on your back when I was a child.
Yes...
...Your Majesty.
Do you still remember?
Back then, you carried me...
...out from my mother's chamber...
...all the way to this throne.
Would you carry me back...
...to my mother's chamber now?
I miss my mother.
Ill---
...bring you...
...to...
"Empress Dowager Zhen now.
You have...
...such broad back.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty!
In spring of 239AD...
...Cao Rui passed away at Luoyang.
He was 36 years old.
Kneel!
Pray!
"Xing!"
"Shan hu!" -Long live the Emperor!
Grand Commandant.
Good morning, Grand Commandant. - Good morning, Great General.
Grand Commandant, the Emperor has passed away.
It's been tough on you these few days, Grand Commandant.
Same to you, Great General.
Grand Commandant, the Emperor and Empress Dowager are still young.
There're so many things to take care of.
Grand Commandant, do take care of yourself.
Great General, please don't say that.
You're in charge of the army and the defence of the borders.
Despite my age, the late Emperor...
...ordered me to join you in doing this.
I'm apprehensive.
Don't be, Grand Commandant. You've been through three reigns.
I'm far too young.
I'll just follow your instructions.
Great General, please don't say that.
You're much smarter and stronger than me.
You're in the prime of your life. You have a promising future.
Grand Commandant, stop it.
Grand Commandant, after you. -No.
You're the Great General. After you.
No, you're my senior. After you.
Your rank is higher than me. Please go ahead.
No, you first. -No.
No, I can't do this. After you, please.
After you, Great General.
You're the Great General.
You're my senior. -Just go.
No, after you.
No.
You're my senior. -Why don't we go together?
We'll go together.
Come here.
Move. Hurry up.
We'll send you home.
This is great news. Why are you so slow? Hurry up.
Hurry up!
Move. Hurry up.
I don't want to leave. Please tell Empress Dowager.
Please allow me to stay.
We're sending you home. You'll be with your family.
Isn't it better than you being all alone here?
I have no family left in my hometown.
Please allow me to stay. I'm willing to do anything.
This is Empress Dowager's order. Do you want to defy it? Get up!
Get up. -Let me stay! Let go of me!
Please show some mercy!
Greetings, Great General and Grand Commandant.
Great General, please save me!
Miss, what's your name?
I am Jian Jia.
Jian Jia?
Jian Jia, come here.
Thank you, General.
General, please give it to me. General?
Thank you, General.
What will you do with these beauties?
Great General, according to the rule in Emperor Wen's reign...
...they'll be sent back to their hometowns.
Great General, I have no family left.
If you refuse to save me...
...I'd be dead soon.
Great General, please save me!
Great General, concubines who are below the rank of Shu Yuan...
...and Zhao Yi and are childless, have to be...
...sent back to their hometowns.
It's been the rule since Emperor Wen's days.
It's a humane law.
Miss Jian Jia, don't be scared.
A humane law.
The late Emperor was considerate...
...but he certainly didn't wish for you to treat them so rudely.
All of you people have been abusing your power...
...and accepting bribes.
No wonder when Grand Commandant first proposed the new policy...
...eunuchs are banned from interfering in politics, right?
Yes. Limiting the power of the eunuchs...
...is pan of a good policy.
I'll punish all of you.
Please spare us, Great General. We're merely rushing them.
We didn't mean to offend anyone.
Miss Jian Jia, please get up.
Please get up. -Thank you, Great General.
Please get up, all of you. - Thank you, Great General.
Miss Jian Jia, once you're back to your hometown...
...feel free to tell me if you face any difficulty.
I'll surely help you.
Thank you, Great General.
You. Listen. -Yes.
If I see you being rude to them again, you'll be punished!
Yes. -Get lost!
Miss, please.
Miss, please be careful.
Great General, you're kind. I'm touched.
After what you've done...
...I'm sure they won't suffer when they're back to their hometowns.
This concerns the reputation of the Emperor and Empress Dowager.
That's why I'm taking it seriously.
Grand Commandant, is it appropriate?
Yes, it is. You're right.
Grand Commandant, please. - Great General, please.