Episode 37
They said you powder your face. Is it true?
I don't need powder.
Yes, without powder, you still...
...look prettier than other beauties.
Master, here's an obituary from the Grand Tutor.
His wife died fast.
Sima Yi is holding a funeral tomorrow.
Do you need to mourn for them?
Mourn for them?
This is good news. Why should I?
You'll distribute the invitation letters tonight.
I've just got a son.
Tomorrow is his third day. I'll invite all ministers to a feast.
Sima Yi is anyhow the Grand Tutor.
Isn't this too much an insult?
We'll take this opportunity to test the ministers.
We can clearly tell that...
...who's with us.
Even when Sima Yi is a powerful tiger...
...I've removed his teeth...
...and sharp claws one by one.
He's nothing to be afraid now.
My condolences...
...Brother Yi.
Please come in.
Congratulations. -Please come in.
Please come in.
It's just a humble gift.
Congratulations. -It's just a humble gift.
Please accept it. Congratulations.
Please come in.
Toes of the phoenix. He'll be a great person.
He has powerful bones. He'll surely be the pillar of the state.
He'll surpass his father.
Good, let's enjoy the drink.
Come, my wife.
Good, we...
It's the third day of your nephew, but you wear...
...quite plainly
Do you know today is the funeral of Madam Sima?
So what? Can't I hold a celebration for my son...
...when his wife is dead?
You're crude without paying him the respect.
General Xiahou. -Never mind, let him go.
Send someone to find out the visitors to Sima mansion.
Even when you can bear with it, what about your brothers?
What about the Great Wei?
Has your aspiration died along with madam?
Your Majesty.
How can His Majesty attend a minister's funeral?
You know nothing so, talk lesser.
General-in-Chief, His Majesty and Her Highness attended the funeral.
Come with me to Sima mansion!
His Majesty and Her Highness have arrived!
Let's skip the formalities for the Grand Tutor's encounter.
Let's skip the formalities...
...for the Grand Tutor's encounter!
Greetings, Your Majesty and Your Highness.
My condolences, Grand Tutor. You must take care of yourself.
We need your assistance in the imperial court. You all may rise.
Thank you, Your Majesty and Your Highness.
Your Majesty.
Grand Tutor.
They said to me, "Three horses in the same barn."
Are you the horse, Grand Tutor?
Father! -Master!
Brother! -Father!
Come and help! Call the physician! -Father!
Go now! -Brother!
Father! -Brother!
Master!
Father!
Master, here's the medicine.
You must pull yourself together.
Take the medicine.
Is the medicine...
...effective?
The entire Sima family is counting on you.
You mustn't collapse now.
Here.
Drink this medicine.
Father. Mother. -Here.
Brother.
Master, I'm back.
Brother, Deng Ai that you missed the most is back.
It's good...
...that you're back.
Cao Shuang is removing your trusted people.
Governance of Deng Ai in Huainan and Shouchun was a success...
...before he's transferred back by Cao Shuang.
You can't spare Cao Shuang anymore.
I don't get to manage everything...
...in the world.
Safety...
...is the best.
I understand the pain you feel.
Do you still remember...
...what you taught me at Ziye's tomb 20 years ago?
You said there are all sons of pain and injustice...
...in the world.
Only by clenching our teeth, bearing with unbearable things...
...we can do extraordinary things.
Master, could I still believe in this?
Everyone...
...finds the world injustice.
In facL...
...it's the fairest.
Everyone will die eventually.
That's the greatest justice.
Yes, we'll die eventually...
...but there's difference between living...
...or dying with honour or dishonour.
I'd prefer an honourable death than living with disgrace.
Medicine.
Here.
Drink it up.
What should we do?
Are we going to just sit and wait?
It isn't too late to change your master.
Sima Zhao, I owe master a lot...
...and we're close brothers. How'd you insult me like this?
Sorry for making an indiscreet remark, Brother Zhong.
My brother is arrested and my mother has passed away.
Cao Shuang is forcing my father over and over again...
...yet my father doesn't retaliate.
This is always the ending he comes across.
Eliminate Cao Shuang...
...or master's effort in the past decades will be ruined thoroughly.
We'll do what he doesn't do.
Let's persuade Master Shi to act with us.
He only listens to my father. No one can persuade him.
I'll eliminate Cao Shuang for sure, but not now.
When will it be?
There's a wonderful quote from the Zuo Zhuan.
"The wage of sin is death."
I heard you've taken sick leave. -Yes.
I'm not impulsive like Zhong Hui and the rest.
I'll leave if Cao Shuang alienates me.
Old and capable ministers in the imperial court are getting lesser.
You're the main force. How'd you leave easily?
I didn't enter politics for luxury.
I did it for Brother Yi, the family and Lady Guo.
Brother Yi has been overcoming many difficulties.
He made Sima family's glory...
...but surprisingly in his late years...
...he might be as well the terminator of such glory.
Bloom in spring and wither in autumn.
I alone can't support the entire family.
Sima family...
...will quit the fight.
Is god so cruel that he wouldn't even spare his life?
I'm sure he won't like to see the family...
...in this condition after he's recovered from illness.
Unfortunately he's sick. He shouldn't...
...be bothered by these mundane affairs.
Yes, he's sick...
...but I always have the hunch that he'll recover from it.
Madam Bai. -I know the facL...
...but I need to live on...
...with a thought like that.
Let me.
Are you sure the Grand Tutor is hit by a stroke?
Yes, General-in-Chief.
I diagnosed the Grand Tutor by Her Highness' order.
The Grand Tutor is in his sixties.
He's hit by stroke due to the pain of losing his wife.
Now he's half-paralysed.
Are you sure? When he's young...
...he once deceived Emperor Wu by feigning illness.
He's an expert in it.
I dare not diagnose the Grand Tutor carelessly.
You're overly cautious.
Time has changed. He's too old to feign an illness now.
Sima Yi is dying.
Here, Sir Ding.
It tastes especially good today.
Master Shi. -Uncle Liu.
Let me.
Hui.
You've long gone.
Many things have happened in the family, you know?
Mother has left, too.
Father is sick.
I don't know what I should do.
Perhaps I'd see you soon.
We can have a nice chat by then.
Hui.
I miss you.
General-in-Chief. - Sure. Cheers.
Father.
Come, my son, let me hug you.
Kiss.
Lin, come and give your father a toast.
Happy birthday, father.
Good, let me kiss you.
All right, I'll drink it up. -Come, Lin.
Look, I've a talented son.
General-in-Chief, he's said it wrongly.
What do you mean?
Long live Your Majesty.
Come.
Is this...
...appropriate?
It's the heaven's will, General-in-Chief.
You all may rise. - Thank you, Your Majesty.
Yes, I've earned as much prestige and power...
...like the emperor all these years...
...but this is anyhow a treason.
We'd be careful.
Emperor Wen of Wei was proclaimed by Emperor Xian of Han.
Besides, the empire is still in the hand of the Cao family.
No one can say anything about it.
I'm still anxious...
...when Sima Yi is still alive.
I think we should still be careful.
It's good to be careful.
We'd test the ministers first.
Kneel!
Bow!
Up!
You may rise!
Bow!
Let's begin.
Your Majesty, General-in-Chief hasn't arrived yet.
We'll wait a little longer. -Yes.
General-in-Chief has arrived!
Hold on, General-in-Chief.
Why are you equipped with your armour and sword?
To protect His Majesty. To slay treacherous minister.
Who's the treacherous minister in this hall?
One who drives a wedge between His Majesty and I.
What do you mean? -What do you mean?
Explain it, General-in-Chief. -Explain it.
Do you all want to become one?
Don't be angry, uncle. I grant General-in-Chief the permission.
Your Majesty... -Enough.
This is my gift to Your Majesty.
I wish it'd relieve Your Majesty's anxiety.
Thank you, uncle. -I still have some.
You can ask for more if you like it.
All right.
Let's begin, Your Majesty.
Sure, let's begin.
Let's begin.
Begin the court meeting.
Find an excuse to imprison Sun Li.
Sun Li was a prominent general in the late emperor's reign.
He has high military prestige. You should...
...rely more on ministers like him.
How'd I accept Sima Yi's aide?
Just because of that...
mothers will come to you if Sun Li would take your command.
He's expressed his standpoint when he stepped in just now.
General-in-Chief can't just tolerate him.
Enough, you both have a point.
How about this? Appoint him as the Governor of Bingzhou.
That's where Xiongnu is invading. We'll see if he'd survive it.
Governor of Bingzhou.
Master.
Master Sima.
Deng N'?
Father, it's General Sun. -Who?
General Sun who fought with us against Zhuge Liang.
Shi...
...can you speak louder?
Sun Li, General Sun.
Sun Li.
Quickly have a seat.
Yuan.
Tell me, Sun Li.
How many days has Shu army earned...
...after Zhuge Liang has snatched the wheat in Longshang?
You've lost memory, Grand Tutor.
Zhuge Liang has died many years already.
He's dead?
The skid he gifted me is still...
All right, don't catch a cold.
Enough.
It's wet again.
No, you aren't wearing it.
No?
Where did he receive a skid?
Grand Tutor.
Regent.
You're the regent appointment by two emperors.
I thought you wouldn't fail the entrustment...
...and assist the emperor like Yi Yin and Lu Shang.
Cao Shuang is dominating the imperial court
The empire is in great danger.
I don't care about my life, but I want to hear a word from you.
Have you really abandoned the empire of Great Wei?
Dismiss...
...and go home.
Have you lost your sense?
Are you dismissing everyone at this time?
Wei has fallen into the hand of a treacherous minister.
Everyone is expecting something from you.
You're giving up the state to Cao Shuang!
What's the meaning of that hand gesture?
Master.
General Sun, master is out of focus. Please leave.
Forgive us, general.
General.
Why is this happening?
What should we do with the Great Wei?