Episode 44
The Grand Tutor has arrived!
If you want to see me, I could have gone to your residence.
Why did you trouble yourself to come all the way here?
There is a matter that...
...I need Your Majesty's permission.
I'm afraid that if I don't say it now, it will be too late.
Grand Tutor, don't say that.
I still need your help on the state matters.
Come. Please.
Have a seat, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
I'm afraid that I don't have much time left.
I hope Your Majesty can work hard...
...and focus on uniting the states.
My son, Sima Shi...
...will assist Your Majesty.
Grand Tutor, you should focus on recuperating.
When you've recovered, you'll handle all governmental affairs.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
I've a wish.
Emperor Wen...
...has treated me kindly.
After I die...
...please bury me at Mountain Shouyang...
mbeside Emperor Wen's...
...tomb.
I don't need a tomb in a hill.
I don't need plants.
I want to be clothed casually.
There's no need of official uniforms or crowns.
I don't need any burial items.
I want everything to be simple.
Your Majesty, pleas grant my wish.
Grand Tutor, you're oveflhinking. How can Wei be without you?
Grand Tutor, don't worry. I'll always do as you say.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
I shall take my leave.
I'll leave Your Majesty to your work.
See you, Grand Tutor.
Is he...
...really going to die?
Long live Your Majesty.
It's time to eat?
Where are my porridge and dishes?
This is all that you'll have.
Where are my porridge and dishes? -This is all.
What's it? -The tortoise soup.
What? -I slaughtered your old tortoise!
It's to nourish your body.
Chun Hua and I have been taking care of it for years! You're mean!
I was the one who took care of it!
I took care of it for many years. I've sewed you for many years.
So what if I killed your tortoise?
I'm going to kill you!
It was my family, my saviour.
You're not merciful at all. Why are you so inhumane?
I'm going to kill you!
Kill me then!
You've already killed so many people!
When you were in Liaodong, you killed 10,000 people!
You destroyed Cao Shuang.
To execute the three families, you killed 7,000 people.
When you executed Wang Ling, you killed another 3,000 people.
You didn't even blink. Now, you're saying that I'm merciless?
Lady Bai died because of you.
Xiao Yuan died in your house too!
Your hands are stained with the blood of many!
You'll never be able to wash it away!
Are you merciful?
You even said that the sword is no longer in your hands.
Look at you. What are you holding in your hands right now?
You're right.
Well said.
No sword.
Well said.
No sword.
I'm going to kill you!
If you kill me, who is left to stay by your side?
If you kill me, you'll be left all alone.
Don't move!
My tortoise.
My tortoise!
It's my tortoise. You lied to me.
You didn't kill it.
If I really did kill it...
...wouldn't I be fulfilling your wish?
I want to get married.
With who? -Xiao Yuan.
She's dead. -I still want to marry her.
Hold the ceremony for me.
You want me to hold the ceremony for you?
Yes, hold the ceremony for me.
What a nicely done decoration.
If we change the curtains into white ourtains...
...this will look like a mourning hall.
You're cursing me on my wedding day?
Only the both of you came?
Two of us are not enough? - Where is Lady Ling Yun?
If Ling Yun knows that you've married Xiao Yuan...
...she would beat you up.
Two guests it is then.
What are you doing?
Your parents are not here.
Naturally, the eldest brother will take the place.
Chun Hua and I...
...should sit at your parents' seats.
Who are you to sit there? You're only the host of this ceremony.
Then, what about Chun Hua? -She can.
Madam, please take your seat.
Where should I go? - Just stand here, host.
Move.
Do you remember your script?
The script you gave is not good. Listen to the one I wrote for you.
Here we have, Sima family...
...Hou Ji and Xiao Yuan.
Remove "Sima family".
Here we have, Hou Ji and Xiao Yuan...
...on this beautiful day and place...
...to celebrate their perfect union...
...their overflowing joy...
...the increase in their respect for each other...
...and their status as husband and wife.
What do you think?
Don't be so long-winded, host. - Host. You need to go out now.
That's right. We do need to go out.
Shall we begin? -Yes.
The newly-weds...
...may enter.
Continue. -What's it?
Cleansing.
Newly-weds, cleanse yourselves.
Move away.
What's next?
Next, be seated.
All right.
Newly-weds, be seated.
The rest of the script, you don't need me to remind you, right?
I remember.
Newly-weds, drink...
Drink up.
You're really busy, aren't you?
What's next? -Drink again.
Drink...
...again.
You're not going to tell me that you've forgotten...
...how I hosted your sons' wedding ceremony, right?
I remember.
I feel anxious for you.
Newly-weds, drink the wedlock wine.
You can really drink.
All these years, you didn't secretly...
...drink the wine in our house, did you?
I did not.
Next?
Yes.
Bow to each other as husband and wife.
Thank the guests.
There is no guest here. I don't need to thank anyone.
What about me? -You're just a host.
What about madam? -She is considered a guest.
The ceremony has completed!
Let's eat.
What are you doing? -I'm going to eat.
This is ours, not yours.
You ate a lot when you hosted my sons' wedding ceremonies.
I've made some porridge for you. Go and eat.
Today is your big day. The ceremony has completed.
The four of us...
...should continue the celebration.
I don't want to continue. I want to bed my wife.
You can't wait, can you?
I can't wait at all.
Go ahead.
Xiao Yuan.
We're a family now.
There are many things that I want to tell you.
What are you doing? I'm spending time with my wife!
Chun Hua...
...is still sitting in your room.
Hou Ji.
Xiao Yuan.
Chun Hua and I...
...wish the both of you...
...a happy and lasting...
...marriage.
Master.
Xiao Yuan...
...and I...
...thank you...
...and madam for your blessing.
Hou Ji. -Here.
Early in the morning, come and release the tortoise with me.
No, I can't wake up.
Why are you so slow?
Why are you in a rush?
Sooner or later, we're still going to let it go.
Why did you stop?
Hou Ji.
Why are you sleeping?
Wake up.
Always searching high and low...
...our discontented heads.
Be free, my tortoise.
I joined the army when I was 15 years old.
When I returned home at 80...
...who is left...
...to wait for me at home?
My home lies ahead...
...full of graves and tombs.
The rabbit enters from a dog hole...
...while the pheasant flies from the top of a pillar.
Wild grains grew in the couflyard.
Wild flowers grew in the well.
We turned the grains into rice...
...and turned the flowers into soup.
When the rice and the soup are cooked...
...who is left for me to give them to?
When I turn to the east...
...tears begin to stain my coat.
251 AD...
...Sima Yi died in Luoyang...
...at 73 years old.
263 AD...
...Shu's Emperor, Liu Shan surrendered without battling.
This leads to the fall of Shu.
265 AD...
...Sima Yi's grandson, Sima Yan took over Wei's state matters.
He was enthroned and renamed the kingdom to Jin.
280 AD...
...Eastern Wu surrendered.
The three kingdoms were then governed under Jin.