My Assassin Girlfriend
Episode 18
It’s too dark.
Horses can’t see the road clearly.
Sorry that you have to dismount and walk on your own.
Your Highness, don’t be panic.
They are just some animals in the mountains.
Your Highness, how about
we have a rest here?
It’s fine. I can continue.
The mountain forest is too dense and thick.
Let’s take a break after coming out of the forest.
Your Highness, you are walking unsteadily.
Sorry.
It’s me who delay you.
Don’t be silly.
It has nothing to do with you.
Let’s take a break here today.
Set off tomorrow after you get well recovered.
We can’t. It’s too dangerous here.
Let’s have a rest after climbing over that mountain.
Bai Yinqi, you can go yourself.
I will stay here to accompany Wenqi.
Your Highness, things happened so suddenly.
How about you mount the horse
and I lead it for you?
No problem.
Since that he says like that,
Your Highness, we needn’t to stand on ceremony.
Just let him lead the horse for you.
Here. Mount the horse.
Here. Torch.
Your Highness. Horse.
Take care of your feet.
Be careful!
Bai Yinqi, be careful!
I won’t forgive you if you hurt Her Highness.
Thanks, Your Majesty.
You’re welcome. Please sit well.
Yu Yan, can I trouble you to lead the way?
Your Highness, you just bear it.
There will be a posthouse ahead.
Please sit well.
Yu Yan, walk slowly.
What about your leg injuries?
They’re alright.
That’s fine.
They really are fine.
They may hurt right now.
But you’ll feel better tomorrow.
Done.
Do you feel better?
Thank you, Yu Yan.
It’s fine.
I’m fine. Do you feel cold?
I’m not cold.
Here you are. Don’t catch cold.
Wenqi, here you are.
I…
Don’t catch cold.
We have to hurry on our way. Sleep earlier.
I keep watch at night.
You go to sleep.
I’ll do it.
Yu Yan, accompany me to sleep together.
Fine. I block the wind for you.
Who?
Who is that?
Let go of me.
Don’t shout. Don’t shout. I’m Xiaoli.
Xiaozhu, you look better.
Xiaoli,
how come you know I’m here?
How do you find me?
Today, I saw you in the carriage
in the second floor of Lianhuaji.
Then I followed your carriage.
His Majesty and Yu Yan
have been…
Wait!
Why did you appear in Lotus Brothel?
After I came to this world through the time-travel,
I fell down in its yard.
I’m just a chef.
I did nothing.
No wonder Cai Wenguang says
that the desserts in Lotus Brothel rank the first in Xumi State.
Cai Wenguang?
How do you know the Prince of Song State?
And,
why are you here?
Bai He, the owner, saved me.
He is terribly kind to me.
He feeds me medicine and treats my illness every day.
Xiaozhu, listen to me.
Bai He is a heartless and cruel guy.
You are fooled by him!
Why are you so dark psychologically?
Don’t slander others like that!
Just because this bad guy wants to
seize the throne and kill His Majesty,
so that we get into such a plight!
You are too innocent.
Xiaozhu,
I was swayed by personal feelings just now.
Don’t be angry with me.
You didn’t tell me anything, but yelled at me.
It’s your first time to yell at me.
I’m wrong.
You punish me.
I will accept whatever punishment.
As long as you don’t be angry with me.
You take me out.
It’s guarded strictly here.
And you are weak and have to take medicines.
If I take you out,
those guards must be alarmed.
Bai He hasn’t done something bad to you
You stay here for the time being.
I will come to you tomorrow.
Bai Zhu.
What’s the matter?
The medicine is ready.
I serve it to you.
Just put it at the door.
His Royal Highness told me that
I must see you drink it up.
Xiaoli, hide behind.
Okay, bring it in.
Don’t put it down.
Doesn’t His Royal Highness
want me to drink it up?
Okay. Finished.
Take it out.
Walk slowly!
Welcome!
What do you want to eat?
Noodles with gravy.
A large bowl. Don’t fool me.
Sure.
What about you two? The same?
We have had a hard journey.
In the countryside,
it’s very good to have some game.
If you don’t have other requirements,
I decide.
Do we have money?
What are your specialty dishes?
Sir, we…
Servant, is it enough for some dishes?
Well… It’s just a small restaurant and we never allow credit.
But you look softhearted and familiar.
Then we make an exception.
As long as you don’t order expensive dishes, I’ll accept.
Fish in troubled waters.
Soup with stewed young pigeon.
The pigeon can’t be older than three months.
Add some red dates, Chinese wolfberries, longans in the soup. The time of stew must be enough.
Plain-fried wild mushrooms. It must be mushrooms.
- Fried vegetables. - Okay.
They must be picked today.
The time of stir-frying shall be right, so that they can keep crispy.
Roasted lamb legs.
It should be forelegs of an ewe.
The heat should be even.
Tender with a crispy crust. Less spices.
Keeping fresh flavor is very important.
See!
This girl is very an expert in eating.
I’ll warn the chef,
telling them we have an expert here
and asking them to serve you carefully.
Just wait for me.
This owner only knows a little.
The dishes Her Highness ordered are nutritious tonic diets.
Coasted lamp legs can dispel coldness.
Pigeon soup can replenish qi and enrich the blood.
Wild mushrooms can strengthen the spleen and stomach.
And the vegetables
are certainly…
I was worried about Your Majesty believes me pampered.
Don’t laugh at me.
If Your Majesty is interested in tonic diets,
after we arrive in Song State,
I’ll ask the kitchen to arrange sumptuous tonic dishes.
By then, please give some advice.
Excuse me! Your noodles.
How about it? It’s enough, right?
Where are the vinegar and garlic?
Don’t you know the rules for eating noodles?
Fine, I fetch vinegar for you.
Yu Yan, don’t eat so quickly.
We have other dishes.
Are you alright?
Excuse me!
Roasted lamp legs.
Tender with a crispy crust. Fresh and juicy.
Your vinegar.
I fetch a knife for you.
No need.
You… You… My desk…
That’s too bad.
I have a eighty-year-old mother
and kids to raise.
You cut my desk. You…
You…
Serve the dishes!
Bai Zhu, see what funny stuffs I bring to you.
No. I’m in no mood.
Do you want to have desserts?
I ask them to buy candied fruit.
No. I have no appetite.
Do you dislike me?
You tell me what you want to do. I’ll accompany you.
I want to go out of the mansion.
Again?
It’s too late today.
Bai He may come back later.
Or, we go outside tomorrow.
I want to see someone outside.
Wasn’t it your first time to go outside last time?
Do you have friends here?
Why ask so many questions?
Just tell me whether you take me out or not.
I won’t take you out if you don’t tell me who you will see.
My boyfriend, okay?
My boyfriend.
Boyfriend?
What is boyfriend?
Before Herd-boy and Weaving-girl got married,
Herb-boy is Weaving –girl’s boyfriend.
Understand?
Just say directly he is your lover.
It turns out that you have a lover.
I thought Bai He let you stay in his mansion,
because he…
Cai Wenguang, do you want to be beaten?
Oaky, don’t be angry.
I take you out, okay?
But where is your boyfriend?
In Lotus Brothel.
Cai Wenguang!
-What are you doing? –Don’t run.
What are you doing? What?
Thanks for your care.
I must repay you afterwards.
You’re welcome.
If it is the other person,
this jewelry
can’t be enough to pay these dishes and horse at all.
And the desk.
Welcome you next time.
I’m leaving.
I feel so sorry.
We haven’t arrived in Song State.
But you have pawned whatever you can pawn.
They are worldly possessions.
It’s fine as long as we’re happy.
Besides, all of this belongs to the emperor.
Do we need to care about them?
It’s late. Let’s go.
Go!
What are you doing?
It refuses to run.
Are you kidding me?!
I thought driving a carriage is pretty much the same with riding a horse.
It…
You should tell me earlier. Go inside!
Stop!
It’s stuffy inside.
I come out to breathe.
Xiaoli,
it’s so hot. I help you to take off your clothes.
I have desserts over there.
I bring them here for you.
Xiaoli, you’re the best.
Dessert… Desserts are ready.
There are two people looking for you.
Xiaoli, you are the best.
Xiaozhu, how come you are here?
I just saw a girl touching your face.
No, no.
I will reckon with you later.
This is Cai whom I mentioned to you before.
He is my good friend whom I made with in this place.
Today, it’s he who brings me here.
Nice to meet you, Chef Tian.
We meet again today.
We’re really destined.
Pay my respect.
I’m Tian Xiaoli,
the bodyguard of the emperor of Xumi State,
and the chef of Lotus Brothel.
Also, I’m Xiaozhu’s …
Boyfriend, right?
You may say so.
You deserve the reputations.
You really are a talent.
Of course. My desserts…
Xiaoli, if you can go to Song State with me,
you must be the best
among five hundred famous chefs at my home.
Your Majesty, can it really capture fishes?
Just wait and see.
We only need to wait fish to go inside on their own.
Does it work?
You will know later.
All right.
You keep watch on them.
I pick up firewood.
I go together with you.
Catch your fish!
Your Majesty, how about we sit over there?
It’s warmer.
Okay, I help you to go there.
Thanks.
Watch your step.
Your Majesty, have you solved the misunderstanding
between you and Yu Yan?
It is a long story.
I wish one day
she can understand my sincerity.
She must understand you.
Even an outsider like me can see that.
Yu Yan is so smart.
How come she doesn’t understand you?
Your Highness, I’m not intended to hide it from you.
But we are engaged after all…
You don’t know that
when I was imprisoned by Bai He
at the posthouse in Xumi State,
I have put forward to break our engagement.
So, you needn’t feel sorry to me.
Both you and Yu Yan
saved my life.
I’m very happy to see
that you two love each other.
I wish one day
you two can be connected in spirits and become couples eventually.
Thank you.
Hope that you find your lover as early as possible.
Even though I can’t find him,
I know in this world
there must be a person waiting for me.
I’d like to find a lover and never be apart with him.
If so, I feel contented.
Your Majesty, is there a fish?
It seems so.
Your Highness, could you help me take the fishing rod?
Sure.
There really is a fish.
I say so.
Don’t you think me attractive?
Cai Wenguang, you really like yourself the most.
Girls here are more interesting and prettier than you.
Xiaozhu, eat something.
Cai, I have something to tell Xiaozhu.
Please empty a seat for me.
Cai, please.
You are intended.
I can’t reach desserts if I continue to move backwards.
You should tell me earlier.
Here. You hold them.
Then you can’t have them.
Don’t mind. Just leave some for me.
Okay.
Girls, go downstairs and eat delicious desserts.
-Come here, girls. – What is it?
Cai,
you are here!
Here. Have a taste.
Have a taste.
You are so nice.
I want to eat, too. I want, too.
Come here.
I hold them for you.
So delicious!
Xiaozhu, where did you know
Cai Wenguang?
Let’s talk about you first.
What’s your relationship with that girl
who touched your face just now?
We were playing.
I have nothing to do with her.
I have nothing to do with Cai Wenguang.
We are best friends.
Look at him!
How could he be a prince?!
He is almost like a fool.
Cai Wenguang is well-informed and humorous.
I don’t allow you to slander him like that.
I perform for you.
See!
You are so impressive!
Amazing!
He may be
out of his head sometimes.
Great!
Very good!
Amazing!
You are our hero! So handsome!
How is it going?
Very good.
Amazing!
Go inside and have some water.
Go.
Anyway, don’t play with him,
for lest he leads you astray.
He just touched a girl’s hand,
but you allow a girl to touch your face.
Forget it!
Xiaoli,
you didn’t tell me clearly yesterday.
Tell me right now.
That day…
Everyone,
do you have anything to report?
Your Royal Highness,
according to the investigation on astronomical phenomena,
His Majesty is absent, so that Heaven is furious.
Your Royal Highness should take control of our state as early as possible,
inherit the throne and prosper our country.
The emperor is blessed by God.
We’re willing to wait for him
until he returns.
Although my ascending the throne
is God’s will and complies with ancestral system,
It can be delayed temporarily.
The top priority
is to find out the emperor.
I have sent five teams of soldiers to find His Majesty nationwide.
If we really can’t find His Majesty,
my ascending the throne can’t be delayed any longer.
By then,
please put emphasis on overall situation.
Where are
Yinqi and Yu Yan?
According to my calculations,
His Majesty and Yu Yan
have arrived in the territory of Song State now.
Bai He doesn’t take any action.
I think they may be safe.
Let’s go find them right now.
We can’t.
His Majesty asked me to do something.
After doing that, we can start off.
I’ll go with you.
Where are you going? I’m going, too.
Useless thing!
Bai Yinqi disappears without a trace.
If he can’t be found,
I can’t ascend the throne.
Search him carefully!
If you still can’t find him,
then you commit suicide.
Report!
News from the frontier
said that a man and two women headed for Song State.
They may be His Majesty, Her Highness
and Yu Juanzhi.
Are you sure?
They had meals in a restaurant yesterday.
Her Highness traded her bracelet and earrings for money.
It seems that Bai Yinqi plans to ask for help.
Your Royal Highness,
I have a solution that satisfies two sides.
Go ahead.
Your Majesty…
Bai Yinqi has been lost for a long time.
If we get the news of his death
from Song State…
It really is a solution that satisfies two sides.
On one hand, I can get rid of barriers that prevent me from ascending the throne.
On the other hand, I have the reason to fight with Song State.
Brilliant!
I don’t want to see him this time,
but
his corpse.
Or, I’d better not go.
Yu Yan, don’t worry.
My father loves me all the time.
You saved my life.
He must take you as distinguished guest.
I’m not afraid of your father.
It’s mainly because that I’m unconstrained.
And I don’t know the rules.
Or, you two go there.
Fine.
Anyway, you will stay in our state for a few days.
It’s okay to see my father another day.
Princess Cai Wenqi,
Emperor of Xumi State, Bai Yinqi, please go to the court.
Call Yu Juanzhi to go to the court.
Lead Yu Yan to my Pavilion Xichun for a rest.
Her diets and daily life shall follow my standard.
Got it.
Do they look good?
Where did you make them?
Xiaozhu, go!
Xiaoli!
I’m looking for you.
Look at my new clothes. Do they look good?
Ladies, I’m getting down to business.
Why are you so busy recently?
Have you forgotten us?
No, no, no.
What business?
Yes, what business can you have?
Get out of the way! Tian Xiaoli is my people.
Where do you come from?
You look beautiful.
You look beautiful, too.
You have good skin and a good looking.
That’s right.
Your rouge is pretty good.
Which brand is it?
You smell nice.
Do you like it? If so, I send you one.
I want it, too.
No problem. All of you can have one.
Ladies,
I have a sachet that smells nice.
You smell it.
No, no, no.
Xiaozhu, Xiaozhu.
We’re getting down to business. Let’s go quickly.
You go ahead. Let me know if you finish it.
One sachet for one girl.
Do you have a lover?
I can’t tell you.
Give me this rouge.
Your Highness.
Your Majesty,
I have to warn you about one thing.
My father can’t immediately accept that
you broke our engagement.
If he loses his temper,
please forgive him.
Although I am the emperor of Xumi State,
Your father is the elder after all.
If he has teachings,
I definitely will listen with due respect.
Little pigeons,
I pin my hope of recovering our state
on you.
In the wild,
are there many killers?
Of course.
They have a lot of bows, arrows, crossbows, and slingshots.
If these pigeons are shot down,
will they steam them in clear soup or braise them?
Or roast them?
I like eating roasted pigeons.
Did you ever drink pigeon soup?
It’s very yummy.
You two!
I pin my hope of recovering our state
on them.
But you are considering how to eat them.
Do you have a conscience?
Let’s eat roasted pigeon.
Sure.
Pay my respect to you.
You are my son-in-law. Don’t stand on ceremony.
I remember you were a kid last time
when I saw you.
You have become a great emperor now.
You really are a man of striking appearance.
Thanks for the compliment.
You are still hale and hearty
and are good-looking as ever.
Thanks to Yinqi,
I can return safely this time.
What do you mean by that?
Upon arrival in Xumi State,
I was imprisoned by the regent, Bai He.
How dare he!
I will personally lead troops to suppress Xumi State.
Father, please cease to be angry.
I made friends with a girl this time.
She saved me out of the posthouse.
Thanks to her,
and Bai Yinqi’s escort on the way,
I can return smoothly.
Bai He’s power has been growing in Xumi State.
But he goes against the common aspirations of the people.
Many people of insight don’t go along with him in his evil deeds.
If I take back the throne,
I definitely am friendly with Song State forever.
How dare he seize the throne recklessly!
But, you have the same ideas with me.
By the way,
when will you hold your wedding ceremony?
Xiaozhu, have you had your medicine?
We should be back.
I feel better recently.
I don’t want to go back.
I want to go to Song State with you
and find Yinqi and Yu Yan.
How could it be possible?
If Bai He asks me to hand over you,
how could I explain it?
Then you go back together with us.
Anyway, Song State is your hometown.
You also can take us to play.
I don’t go back.
If I go back, I will be forced to be the emperor.
You are so funny.
Others fight for the throne with their head broken and bleeding.
But you would rather die than ascend the throne.
Bai Zhu, Your Highness,
Please go to the mansion for a chat.
For a chat?
Then why bring so many troops?
Sorry to offend you.
Tian Xiaoli is a major criminal wanted by the imperial court.
Someone! Arrest him!
Got it!
Xiaoli, run!
Tian Xiaoli!
How dare you are! Let Bai Zhu go!
Your Highness, it’s our state affair.
Mind your conduct, please.
You release Xiaozhu.
I’ll go with you.
Arrest him!
Got it!
Xiaoli!
Let me go!
Xiaoli!
Father, we just come back.
It’s not late to discuss about our wedding
after we settle down.
No need to discuss.
You've been engaged before.
In Xumi State last time,
you didn’t get married.
I can personally officiate at your wedding
in Song State.
After you get married,
it’s reasonable for me to help you recover your state.
Your Majesty, the wedding…
Stop!
Your Majesty, I regret that I can’t comply with your wishes.
I love the other girl.
I don’t marry anyone else except her.
I never want to delay Her Highness’s life.
Please think it over.
Kneel… Kneel down.
Your Highness, if you take someone out of my mansion,
please let me know.
Your Highness,
I’m inconsiderate
to take Bai Zhu out of your mansion.
But which law did Tian Xiaoli violate?
Why did he become a major criminal?
It’s our state affair.
Please don’t bother to worry about it.
You may be tired after a long day.
Please go back and rest earlier.
Someone! Arrest Tian Xiaoli.
You can’t. If you arrest him,
then arrest me together.
Xiaozhu, be good!
I don’t care.
I will go wherever he goes.
If he dies,
I will die together with him.
You…
Fine. I comply with your wish.
Arrest you two!
You…
Someone!
Take them away!
Got it!
Let me go!
Your Highness, please.
I have informed other states about your marriage
and asked them to submit credentials.
Nowadays, you break off the engagement brazenly.
What should Wenqi do?
Your conduct makes Song State completely lose face.
To apologize for that, I can write personally an instruction
and inform other states about that.
Her Highness…
Her Highness is sensible and considerate, and also has unparalleled appearance.
I may have little talent, and don’t deserve Her Highness.
How dare you!
Xumi State looks down up our Song State
again and again.
It seems that I must have a battle with you.
As the emperor of a state,
he should put the emphasis on the common people
and their food and clothing firstly.
If you make war in order to save your face,
it not only tarnishes your state’s honor,
but also is unfair to the common people.
Are you teaching me?
I daren’t.
Forget it!
I’ll give you some more days to reconsider.
Someone!
Here!
Take him away!
Got it!
Father, wedding is a matter of my happiness.
I don’t want to force him.
Stop! Don’t speak anymore.
Don’t go back to Pavilion Xichun.
I prepare a new palace for you.
As for Bai Yinqi…
He can definitely be released at your big day.
Father…
Go inside.
Be gently! Be gently!
Let’s go, Xiaoli.
I untie you.
You sit here.
Xiaoli, I’m sorry.
It’s all my fault.
It’s not your fault.
Bai He originally wanted to arrest me.
I get you into trouble.
Luckily, I have accomplished things
that His Majesty asked me to do.
Let’s wait here silently.
I hope His Majesty can get aid from Song State.
Sorry.
It doesn’t matter.
Who?
Who is that?
Someone!
Cai Wenguang?!
It’s me. It’s me.
Hurry up!
Are you okay?
Help me get up! Save me!
Help me get up!
Walk slowly!
Put me down!
How come you are here?
I’m here to save you.
It’s not that I look down upon you.
You can hardly save yourself.
How could you save us?
Xiaoli, listen to him first.
I decide
to find Bai He one more time.
Please.
Please have a good rest.
Just let me know if you need anything.
I have a friend in Pavilion Xichun.
I want to see her later.
His Majesty gave orders
that you have to wait here for your wedding.
What? You want to imprison me?
After the wedding is finished, you definitely can leave here.
Her Highness and the emperor of Xumi State have been out for so long.
They should go back.
I don’t know.
You can go.
Got it.
Her Highness just transmitted orders
that she won’t be back here for the time being.
Why?
Because Her Highness is about to get married.
Maybe she has moved to the new palace
tonight.