My Assassin Girlfriend
Episode 1
Still not enough! More!
How about now?
Not enough!
Is it enough now?
Keep going!
Okay!
Ride harder!
Yes! Your Majesty!
You can stop now!
Your Majesty, if you want to read,
please just read a few pages.
The dawn is coming.
You’ll need to go to the court meeting.
His Royal Highness will complain
if you are late.
That’s alright.
Xiaoli,
have you set the court
as I asked?
Your Majesty,
I have got everything prepared.
Good!
The refugees are struggling for a living and begin to riot.
The troops are fighting against rebels everywhere,
greatly weakening our border forces.
Song State has been eyeing covetously on us.
Your Majesty!
The eighth Royal Highness has been talking for an hour.
Will you say something?
I didn’t pay attention.
Royal uncle, could you please repeat?
Sure, Your Majesty!
Since this summer,
our Xumi State has been suffering from natural disasters.
The drought in the north caused a plague of locusts,
while the southwest was hit by the worst flooding in 100 years,
as a result, the farmers reaped nothing at harvest time.
People starve to death and the dead bodies are everywhere.
The refugees are struggling for a living and begin to riot.
The troops are fighting against rebels everywhere,
greatly weakening our border forces.
Song State has been eyeing covetously on us.
In my opinion,
among the three priorities of disaster relief, counter-insurgency and defending against enemies,
disaster relief should be the top priority.
Our state can only prosperity when the civilians gain peace.
I’ll issue a decree now to allocate grants for disaster relief.
Please consider again, Your Majesty!
Your Majesty!
Song State has invaded to the border.
We should focus on fighting against the enemy.
We are in shortage of forces on the border.
How are we supposed to put up a fight?
Your Majesty,
Song State has been intending to be friend with us.
They are willing to make peace by marrying Princess Cai Wenqi
off to you.
You want me to marry Song State’s Princess?
If I were to agree on this arrangement,
our Xumi State would lose dignity.
Xiaoli.
Report if there’s anything, or else the meeting is over.
Wait!
No one is allowed to leave
unless we come to a conclusion about this matter.
Your Majesty, if you decide to decline the marriage
and hurt the Princess’s feelings,
Song State will definitely send out army
and plunge our people into misery and suffering.
Your Majesty, do you want to
take the blame for that?
I’m the emperor of Xumi State.
Why should I listen to others about who to marry?
It’s just because that you are the head of our state,
you should put the stake of our country first!
Assassin!
Protect the emperor!
Good timing! You can take the credit for protecting the emperor!
It’s poisonous gas!
Run!
Help!
Run!
This gas is made just for you!
If you are exposed to the gas for a certain period of time,
at best, your skin will be infected and festering,
at worst, you’ll be disfigured!
If you don’t leave right now,
you will find your skin…
You’ll find that
I’m lying!
Escort her to a safe place.
Yes, Your Majesty!
I apologize for failing on protecting Your Majesty!
I deserve to die!
I’m willing to redeem myself by making great sacrifice!
Please give an order, Your Majesty,
to have me go after the assassin and find out who this person is!
Please rise, royal uncle!
Thank you! Your Majesty!
Your Majesty! I…
Royal uncle, I feel quite tired.
Please go back and rest.
I’ll take my leave.
His Majesty is fine!
You may take your leave now.
Your Majesty! I’ve seen her off.
Good!
Your Majesty, I’m really curious.
Why do you set her free every time
but never catch her to take a look at her?
Aren’t you curious about
how she looks?
Are you curious about that?
I am!
I am only curious, but I didn’t look at all!
You didn’t?
I didn’t!
I dare you!
Then why didn’t you look?
What do you know?
The tipsy feeling is the best,
and the half blooming flowers are the prettiest!
Heroine!
You didn’t show up
until I finished one piece of music.
Please take a seat!
Let me play another song for you!
Don’t try to stall by talking nonsense!
You’ll soon be dead!
Since you don’t want to sit,
then you can be hung up!
Bastard!
Bastard! Put me down!
I’ve offered you a seat but you didn’t take it!
What kind of music you’d like to hear?
Put me down!
Alright!
I’ll put you down!
But you have to hear me playing a song.
Stop talking!
If you want to kill me, just do it!
Be good!
Xiaoli, put her down.
It’s fine if you don’t want to hear my music,
but don’t take it out on my Guqin!
Protect the emperor from the assassin!
Don’t just stand there!
Run!
That way!
Xiaoli, see her off to a safe place.
Your Majesty, please forgive us for being late!
Yes!
It’s okay! You may leave now.
Yes!
Your Majesty, it’s obvious that the flowers are fake.
If she will appear for this,
then that means that she’s not only stupid
but also blind.
You are so short-sighted!
This is called romance, alright?
I’ve invited her to come appreciate flowers with me.
She’ll show up for sure.
You’ve been sitting here for long,
but she still hasn’t showed up.
Bastard! You are dead!
Wait, miss!
Bastard! Let go!
Your Majesty! I’m afraid that she is really blind!
It’s such a big cage, yet she couldn’t even see it!
Bastard! Let me out!
I invited you to enjoy the flowers.
How about appreciating the flowers together now?
What’s wrong with you?
Can’t you see that
how much effort His Majesty has put in you?
He is my sworn enemy!
I see! I see!
You say the same thing every time!
Assassin!
I’ve got a horse for you.
You’d better run now or it’s too late.
Xiaoli, let her out!
Step back!
It’ll be too late if you don’t go now!
Come on! Go!
To that gate! Just get out from there!
The horse is at the side of a bamboo forest, two miles to the east from here.
Giddyap! Giddyap!
I don’t quite understand
about the flower and liquor you mentioned.
But, Your Majesty,
you really don’t know who she is?
10 years ago,
Secretariat Director Yu Chong was reported on suspicion of treason.
My royal father conducted a surprise search,
during which a big fire broke out,
over 60 people of the Yu’s were dead.
But Yu Chong’s little daughter went missing.
If she’s still alive,
she must have grown into a young lady now.
Then why did you set her free every time?
It’s hard to find someone who understands me.
The first time when she tried to kill me,
she didn’t make a move until I finished playing my song.
I think she did understand my music.
I consider her my bosom friend.
But it’s still inappropriate for her
to keep making troubles like this.
I’m more worried about she stops coming than she making troubles.
Your Majesty, the Royal Highness asks to see you!
Let him wait for me at the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
Yes!
Your Majesty, the Royal Highness was quite pushy on the court
before the assassin’s attack.
And now he wants to see you.
Don’t you worry that
he’s trying to talk you into
marrying the Princess of Song State again?
There’s nothing to worry about.
Go get prepared.
I’ll go to the secret chamber after the Royal Highness leaves.
Royal uncle, I should apologize to you.
I was rude to you just now
during the court meeting.
Please forgive me!
I dare not to complain.
Your Majesty, please give good consideration
to the marriage thing.
Royal uncle,
have you ever been in love?
Your Majesty,
I’ve never thought about marriage.
But I have.
I’ve thought about what kind of a girl
I want to spend the rest of my life with.
She needs not to have a stunning look,
and be from a noble family.
I only hope that she’ll love me and understand me ,
but not because I’m the emperor
or for a deal of some sort.
Your Majesty,
if you’ve already had some girl in your heart,
you can also let her become your concubine.
But this political marriage can’t be delayed any longer.
About the marriage,
there’s really no way out for me?
I’m afraid there’s not.
Alright!
Since you’ve said so,
then I’ll do it.
After the marriage,
it’ll be time for me to share some burden for you.
After the marriage, I will certainly serve Your Majesty with my full effort
and devote myself to our country!
I will let you be in charge of
the preparation of the wedding.
Your Majesty is indeed wise!
Xiaoli, can’t you just relax?
What are you looking at?
Your Majesty! Please sit tight.
Usually, we’d be surrounded by guards
when we are out of the palace.
But I’m all by myself today,
and the place we are going is filled with all kinds of people,
I of course am nervous.
First, call me young master.
Young master.
If you don’t lift the curtain
in public,
no one will see me.
Let me ask you. Is everybody there?
As per Your Majesty…
Young master, as per your order,
they've already been there waiting for you.
Okay!
Childe Wang, Childe Li!
This way, please!
Take it easy! See you!
Please come again!
What a handsome man!
Our girls can’t even compare to you!
Tell me about it!
I’ve never seen anyone as handsome as you!
Where are you from?
You are simply an immortal from the heaven!
That’s right!
Please come in!
You don’t need to follow.
Young master, please.
You are here!
Lord Zeng was once the right hand of the late emperor.
You served him as soon as he took the throne.
And now, as an official who’s served three rulers,
you are indeed an important asset to His Majesty!
I really admire you!
Our country is undergoing so many changes and difficulties.
At this point,
you are willing to stand up
to save our country
and our people,
I should thank you on behalf of the people of Xumi State.
I invited you here tonight
because I have something to ask you.
Please take these gold bars.
Well…
These are young master’s personal savings.
This is all he has.
Young master, you don’t have to do this.
My royal uncle insists on fighting against the foreign aggression
and refuses give allocate grants for disaster relief.
I know
that the gold bars here are far from enough
to relieve the disaster.
But it’s better than nothing.
These gold bars were from the tax they paid.
And now, I’ll give them back to the people.
His Majesty doesn’t pay much attention to state affairs.
And he always acts strangely.
Even if he agrees to marry the Princess of Song State,
it can’t guarantee that this marriage
won’t turn to a disaster.
I’ve agreed to marry the Princess of Song State.
The Song State’s threat won’t be a problem anymore once the marriage is complete.
Then I’ll rely on you
for the disaster relief.
We will make every effort to fulfill our mission and won’t let you down!
Xiaoli, see the guests off.
Sorry to interrupt.
The highest state of playing Guqin
is as if weeping and complaining.
The music you are playing is so melodious and touching.
I assume that you have a lot in your mind.
I’m flattered.
Life is like a float, full of acquaintance and separation.
Who hasn’t encountered something depressing in life.
Life is like a float,
full of acquaintance and separation.
Well said!
Miss,
it’s my pleasure
to meet you today!
This sheet music is my favorite.
I’ll present it to you.
Hope you’ll accept it.
I look forward to hearing you play Guqin and talking to you again some other day.
Young master.
Let’s go.
Juanzhi.
Your Highness!
Greeting to you!
Who was here just now?
I don’t know.
Just a guest.
He came in following the music.
Did he say anything to you?
Nothing special.
He left a sheet music to me.
Sheet music?
Do you know who he is?
He’s Bai Yinqi, the emperor of our Xumi State!
Your Highness, you should’ve told me earlier,
so I could have killed him.
It’s okay.
You tried to kill him several times but never succeeded.
If you act recklessly this time,
your hiding place
may expose too.
But don’t worry.
I’m actually here
to lend you a hand.
You may all leave.
Yes.
Your Majesty, I think
it’s time to enjoy some snacks.
I want sushi tonight!
Okay, Your Majesty!
I’ve learned a lot after reading the book.
Royal great grandfather, please bless me,
so that I can figure out
the secret of this pocket watch soon
and experience the fantasy world recorded by great grandfather.
Your Majesty, I’ve studied the time travel journal for days,
and I finally made the sushi successfully
today!
Sushi, Sushi (pronounced Shousi in Chinese)!
Shou represents life, and Si represents control.
Sushi-go-round!
Hope good luck will break the adversity
and come to our Xumi
just like the name of this dish.
Your Majesty, may I ask you something?
Go ahead.
You’ve studied the book for a long time,
and we’ve created a lot of novel stuff.
But you are about to marry the Prince of Song State.
Does it mean
that we won’t have time anymore
to figure out the secret of the pocket watch?
As far as I’m concerned,
you are just being lazy.
Are you tired of riding the bike?
I don’t dare!
I’ll still manage to continue the study
even after the marriage.
Have you prepared the armor vest
I asked you to?
Your Majesty, why do you want the armor vest all of a sudden?
Are you expecting that assassin girl again?
I don’t know why
but I have a feeling that she’s coming.
Every minute of the wedding night is precious.
What are you waiting for, Your Majesty?
Princess, forgive me.
We got married today.
You’ll be the closest person to me from now on.
I should be honest to you.
Here’s something
I need to tell you.
You are my husband, Your Majesty,
please be level with me.
Your Highness,
the Empress Dowager is very thrilled
about the emperor’s wedding.
She has summoned you for a meeting.
As Her Highness’ will!
Could you tell me
how do you think of
our marriage, Princess?
Well…
Please don’t get me wrong.
It’s just that I met another girl
before you,
and I find that she’s quite different
from other girls.
She once heard me playing music in the snow,
also appreciated flowers with me under the tree.
She is obstinate but also gentle.
I’m afraid that
I’ll never forget her.
Who is this lucky girl
that she’s able to win Your Majesty’s heart?
I don’t know her name.
And I haven’t even seen her face.
But it doesn’t matter.
Since I married you today,
I will certainly treat you well.
But I hope you won’t mind that
I have another girl in my heart.
Your Majesty doesn’t need to worry about that.
Our wedding night is precious,
aren’t you going to uncover my veil?
It’s you?!
I’ll kill you!
How did you get in here?
To kill you, of course!
It was the first time I saw your eyes
when we appreciated the flowers together.
And they made me wonder
why there’s only hatred left
in those beautiful eyes?
Stop talking!
When we were at Lianhuaji,
You said “Life is like a float, full of acquaintance and separation.”
I thought we could become bosom friends.
Dream on!
You fail every time assassinating me
but you always get to escape.
You really think it’s because you have superb fighting skills?
I’ve known who you are long time ago.
But I’ve never taken a good look at your face.
It’s because I wanted to set you free.
Why can’t you understand me?
Don’t think you can fool me!
I’d rather die together with you today!
“Life is like a float, full of acquaintance and separation.”
Hope you’ll learn the music I gifted you
in your next life.
Come and do it!
But it’s hard to say
who will die first between us!
You’ve tried to kill me many times.
You think I wouldn’t take any precaution?
Stop it!
Xiaoli.
How do you think?
My bedchamber is much more fun than the imperial garden, isn’t it?
Yinqi.
Let’s have a talk!
Royal uncle! Is it you?
Yes, it's me!
So,
you really are trying to usurp my throne?
The marriage arrangement was my last hope on you.
Although you agreed in the end,
I’ve already lost my patient on you.
As for the assassin of this time,
I think I don’t need to tell you
who she is.
Otherwise, you wouldn’t let her escape
over and over again.
You deal with things like a woman,
how can you be a qualified king?
Bai He, if you’ve been eyeing on my throne,
why didn’t you do it earlier?
You think rebellion has been my first choice?
Bai yinqi,
I wouldn’t take this move
if you didn’t
put our Xumi in danger
because of your stubbornness and your incorrigible ways.
Bai Yinqi, you are the reason that
makes everything the way it is!
You forced me!
Good!
You think I’m stubborn and incorrigible.
I’m afraid you forgot about the imperial guards, didn’t you?
Yinqi,
I watched you grow up,
I know you are stubborn
but you are not stupid.
The Empress Dowager is in my hands.
You want your throne
or your mother?
Make a choice!
Bai He! How dare you!
Let the Empress Dowager go!
Otherwise,
I’ll kill her!
Juanzhi, you told me
that you’d rather die to
avenge your family.
I owe you in this life.
I’ll make it up to you in the next.
Your Highness,
I don’t blame you.
But I also don’t want to see you again
in the next life.