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[Legend of the Phoenix]
[Episode 39]
Greetings, Your Majesty.
Get up.
Last time you only looked at the Emperor's face
And was able to know all of the Emperor's illnesses.
Then this time, please look at the Prime Minister's condition,
Tell us how it is, alright?
Talk.
Two years ago, the Prime Minister came down with malaria,
and only completely recovered two months later.
You know?
Last year when spring turned to summer,
you had splitting headaches every night at the You time period [Ancient Chinese You time period was between 5pm to 7pm]
It would get better around the Xu time period, and it was only until the Hai timer period could you fall asleep. [ Xu was from 7 pm-9 pm, Hai was from 9pm-11pm ]
This year March, your food disease started acting up again,
you must have thought it incurred from your childhood old disease.
Actually, it was due to your diabetes all along.
You're actually right about everything, it's very impressive.
Your Majesty, do you need me to keep going?
Then how about you look at the Commander of the Imperial Guards,
and the other officials.
Your Majesty, I'm a doctor. I only want to save lives.
I don't want want to perform and diagnose in the Royal Hall.
Are you neglecting His Majesty's orders?
Actually, we should ask His Majesty himself,
ever since His Majesty started taking my medication after asking me to take of his wellbeing,
has His Majesty gotten better?
Your Majesty, don't be fooled by him.
Today, things must be cleared up.
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, there's military news from the frontier, during marching, Chen Old General
was ambushed by the enemy army, and is now badly wounded.
What?
Prime Minister, all officials, what countermeasures do you have?
Your Majesty, I will immediately call into meeting with all the other officials to discuss this.
Your Majesty, then Lang Kun...
That's not important right now, we'll talk about it later.
I'm leaving.
Your Majesty.
Lang Kun, don't consider anymore, hurry and leave the palace.
Or else, you'll be trapped by Ban Ling 'er.
The tables turned quickly, Princess Royal's men will very quickly attack the City of Yan.
We have to leave a spark behind to be able to save Great Liang in the future.
Your Majesty.
How it is, how's the situation?
The frontier is okay for now, however, just now Lang Kun tried to escape the palace.
Good thing he was stopped by the Imperial Guards, but we don't know what nook he's hiding at.
But, I'm sure something's wrong with Lang Kun.
I'm already annoyed! How could I care about Lang Kun?
There's still no word on General Tang, who I sent to replace Chen Wan.
Your Majesty,
The front line battle is important, but arresting Lang Kun is too!
We can't let him be.
Then do what you want, I won't spectate anymore.
The battle is already annoying me.
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, Consort Lu sent a lute from Leng Palace.
I'm at the room where the corpses of the palace girls and eunuchs are kept - Lang Kun
Your Majesty, where are you headed to?
Lang Kun just went to the Leng Palace. He secretly sent a message.
Saying he's hiding
at the place where they keep the corpses in Leng Palace.
Your Majesty, you can't go. There are guards everywhere.
Once you go, you'll reveal your identity.
Ban Lian Er passed on His Majesty's decree to keep the Palace doors closed.
And also for the three thousand elite troops in the East-Southern camp outside of the palace
to recall back to the palace to capture Brother Lang.
Those soldiers were originally to fortify the frontier,
Ban Liang'er will hurt our overall war effort.
Then what should we do?
We have to stay calm now.
Otherwise, Lang Kun would be in even more danger.
Wei Guang, do you have any ideas?
Please say it.
Since the Palace is sealed,
then let's not leave. Let them capture him.
Lang Kun?
Lang Kun.
Are you alright?
I'm fine.
Let's hurry. I want you to write a letter.
Write it word for word according to what I say.
Your Majesty, I have committed a high crime of lying to the Emperor
I am being chased and probably won't be able to escape from death.
I would like to tell you a secret before my life ends.
Twenty years ago, when I first met you,
I was captivated by you.
But I knew there was no hope for such an obsession.
Your Majesty, I know what I dream of is impudent. However,
can you please grant me a wish as I have served and accompanied you so many years?
Lang Kun, this is the map.
You must memorize the area in the red circle.
Tell me truthfully,
where did you learn about the conditions of my health for the last few years?
Did Jiang Hong Xue give you my medical file?
I'm innocent, Your Majesty.
Your medical file is classified, how can I have access to it?
I don't have any friendship with Jiang Hong Xue, and haven't seen him lately.
A few months ago, the genius physician Jiang Hong Xue suddenly disappeared.
Actually, he was captured by Yan Kuan.
He was originally going to be sent to Bai Dian to serve as a doctor for the two traitors.
But he was unexpectedly rescued by you.
So that was when you got the file
from Jiang Hong Xue. Isn't that right?
Lang Kun, stand up.
I want to ask you something.
Tell me the truth,
am I actually not ill
and won't die in three months?
Right?
What are you scheming?
You could have escaped several times. Why didn't you run away?
You are a spy sent by Yan Kuan.
You have been hiding yourself at Yongde Palace for the past 18 years.
Could it be that...
you and the Empress have an affair?
The Empress has arrived.
Greetings, Your Majesty.
Please rise, Empress.
Your Majesty, this man deserves to die ten thousand times.
I never dreamed that
there would be such a crazy person.
I just found this letter in my makeup box.
It's written by him.
I am quite interested in the letter's content.
Your Highness, I've committed treason and is now being chased everywhere I go.
I am afraid that I won't be able to escape the situation.
Before I die, I want to tell you a secret.
Your Highness, please stop reading.
Twenty years ago, when I first say Your Highness,
I developed affection for you. However, I knew that there was no future for us.
I knew that Your Highness, I beg you to please stop reading.
I knew that my thoughts and wishes were overstepping boundaries,
however, considering that I've accompanied Your Highness for so long, could you promise something for me?
Keep reading.
Eighteen years ago, someone pushed me up to the Wolf Mountain.
The whole mountain was filled with wolves and they came biting at me from all sides.
It was as if they were going to tear me to shreds in the next second.
Every night that I dream about it, the scene is endlessly intertwined.
Your Highness !
The Heavens have played me. Letting me fall in love with someone that I shouldn't look,
shouldn't think about. And I fell deeper and deeper。
Was it me that was wrong?
Your Highness, in the future, if I fall into the hands of the Emperor.
I just ask that you can bestow upon me three feet of white silk or poisoned wine.
Don't send me to Wolf Mountain.
I don't want to see those wolves anymore.
I just ask that Your Highness allows this.
Grant Lang Kun
to go to Wolf Mountain to feed the wolves !
Yes!
Please grant me death. Your Highness, please grant me death.
Quickly.
Don't leave me here!
Don't leave me here! Come back!
Come back! Save me !
Come back !
Deep in the mountain, there are ferocious beasts, those soldiers don't dare to enter that far.
So Wei Guang predicted that they would leave you at the feet of the mountains.
There's a secret forest here, and have less wolves.
Wei Guang and Noble Consort Ning have arranged for eight places here
to place the keys to the handcuffs. Each place has a tender bamboo inserted as a marker.
Your Highness!
Your Highness,
My men have passed on the new that there were explosion sounds near Wolf Mountain.
So Brother Lang has a chance to escape?
You have to overcome this challenge,
and live.
Lang Kun,
I don't know how you're going now
if you have already escaped,
then please don't ever come back.
If,
you didn't overcome this challenge,
eighteen years ago, you were sent up to Wolf Mountain,
I went up to Wolf Mountain and read a funeral oration for you.
Who can imagine that
now I have to read it again for you.
Lang Kun,
once you leave, don't ever come back
This place is not worth you staying.
Whether it's Huo Yang Hong in the past,
or Lang Kun in the present,
you are a righteous gentleman.
The inner palace is really not qualified for you to stay.
You have done enough
for the nation's people
and for me.
In this one lifetime,
you have given me all of your nine lives.
If there really is a future life from reincarnation,
I wish to pay you back
with nine reincarnated lives.
Your Majesty, the battle at Si Zhou County is critical.
Why not use Wei Guang?
Only he can turn things around now.
Your Majesty.
I think Zhou Yin can be considered.
Zhou Yin
He's the one with an imposing look and can converse thoughtfully?
He is talented.
But..he is too young. He is not even 40 yet how can he manage.
When you ordered Wei Guang to attack Wu Ci State, how old was he?
But Zhou Yin hasn't won a battle.
Your Majesty.
Before Wei Guang attacked Wu Ci State, he had never won any honors.
He hadn't even fought in the battlefield.
How did you let him go fight without worries?
Of course Wei Guang's father was a famous general.
But Zhou Yin is also from a military family.
His father was a famous general from the previous dynasty.
Even his eldest uncle, second uncle, and third uncle
were all valiant warriors.
Eighteen men from the Zhou family sacrificed their lives for the nation.
It is a dedicated loyal family.
Regardless of anything else, anyone from this family
must be upstanding and loyal.
Your Majesty.
There are many people that are capable at the court so we are not lacking.
But only loyal ones will leave you with no worries.
What you say makes great sense.
Knowledgeable talents are valuable,
but a truly loyal heart is rare.
Greetings, Consort Ning.
Please rise.
Thank you, Consort Ning.
How old are you guys?
19.
20.
18.
15.
All of you risking your life fighting for this nation.
The battle is just ahead. Allow me, on behalf of the royal court,
to do something for you as a token of appreciation.
I prepared something to hopefully protect you.
Here.
- Thank you, Consort Ning. - You're welcome.
Thank you, Consort Ning.
You can all leave.
Your Majesty.
You look tired. Is there any bad news from the front line?
Si Zhou County is lost.
Peng Yuan County will probably be lost soon.
All of them are useless.
Your Majesty, I've been living in comfort under your wings.
How can I understand your difficulties?
It's because that I see you being worried that I've tried to come up with ideas.
Your Majesty, I'm thinking, maybe we should let it be.
Since Wei Guang wants to command the military forces.
Let's just let him get his wish. Allow him to fight again.
Let him fight Yan Kuan first. Once he defeats Yan Kuan, he can fight Wu Ci State.
After Wu Ci, fight Xia Sheng State and then Qiu Ye State.
A hunting dog will eventually die in the mountain.
A warrior can't avoid losing his life in the battle.
You are quite right.
At best I can honor him as Lord of Nation's Protectorate and give him a state funeral.
Be careful.
Here. Be careful.
-Thank you, Consort Ning. -You can eat over there.
So it's you, Wei Guang.
When did you come? No one told me.
There are too many wounded here. I changed my itinerary at the last moment.
What were you just thinking about?
It's been over half a month, and we haven't won a single battle.
Not even for a small battle.
Very soon,
I'll be putting on my armor to fight Yan Kuan again.
I was thinking about it too.
The Empress and I should prepare a farewell meal for you.
It's more than that, right?
You and Yan Kuan are long-time rivals. You must be thinking a lot more than that.
I am wondering, should I fight this battle?
You should not.
This battle should not be fought.
-Greetings, Your Majesty. -Greetings, Your Majesty.
You may rise.
Consort Ning, you may sit.
I summoned you to the palace today. You should understand why.
The Great Liang is in a perilous period.
We need strong talents for Great Liang now.
I am asking you to do your best for Great Liang.
Consort Nine, I once promoted you to be a female official.
What was the title?
Your Majesty, I was the Honorable Female Attending Officer.
It's been reported that the reason for the repeated defeats in the front line
is because the troops' wages have been embezzled by greedy officials.
I will now re-appoint you to your previous position to go to the front line to investigate this matter.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Wei Guang, you've been resting a long time at home.
It's time for you to fight for the nation's people.
I now appoint you as Lord of Nation's Protectorate to go to the front line to replace Zhou Yin.
Kick that traitor Yan Kuan back to Bei Dian.
I am sorry for declining the mission, Your Majesty.
I am worried that this battle will end in our defeat.
Impudence! What did you say?
Your Majesty, the nation's foundation has been weakened. It's the real reason for our repeated defeats.
If we don't correct the root problem, even if I had a million warriors,
I would still end up in a severe defeat.
-You... -Enough!
Why don't you explain how to correct the problem?
Number One, reverse the wrongful sentences. In the past year,
loyal and righteous officials, such as Lord Zhou Guanzhong, General Yang Ming,
that were framed, killed, or forced to commit suicide
numbered up to several tens of them. Your Majesty must immediately address their grievances.
Those cases are already closed.
Number Two, return the court to righteousness.
For the past year, Your Majesty appointed a group of
ministers that are only good at flattery and appeasement.
Consort Ning!
Number Three, clear up your sides.
Immediately arrest the treacherous Ban Ling'er.
What is the meaning of this? Are you threatening me?
Your Majesty, our Great Liang's military force is now no match to Yan Kuan's.
If I accept the mission, then I will be heading toward death on the battlefield.
I am loyal to the nation, but I'd like to die for a just cause.
I am the Emperor, the supreme ruler.
You are my subject. You have no right to bargain with me.
When the ruler commands the subject to die, and the subject will have to obey.
Then please grant me death, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, please grant me death too,
because I am thinking the same as Grand Marshal Wei.
For the sake of you being my concubine,
and you having fought a few small battles for me,
I will let you live for now.
Great Liang's accumulated strength cannot be eroded overnight.
The dangers we face now are temporary.
Open your eyes and watch well.
You shall see how I will defeat those traitors.
Leave!
Your Majesty, if the front line continues to suffer defeats,
will you agree to their conditions?
Will you evict me to the Cold Palace?
Didn't I make it clear just now?
I am the Emperor, how can I be threatened by them?
Don't worry.
Congratulations, Your Majesty.
Your health is in excellent shape.
How did you check my pulse?
I've been feeling dizziness and nausea.
But you say I am perfectly healthy.
Give me some medicine for dizziness.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, your medicine has been brewed.
This looks fitting on you.
-Do you like it? -Yes, I do.
Ningzhi.
Greetings, Your Majesty.
So Kang'er is wearing new clothes.
It's just made for him.
I can see you are treating him like your own child.
He is so smart, of course I like him.
Kang'er, go study.
Yes, Your Highness.
Your Majesty, since you are here, why don't you go with me to see His Majesty?
To see His Majesty? Why?
His Majesty wants to lead the army himself. I told Wei Guang
and the Prime Minister. We plan to go together to talk him out of it.
Don't worry. He won't really do it.
His Majesty is not a military expert.
He is wasting his life if he goes to fight Yan Kuan.
No matter what, he is the Emperor.
If something happens to him, the nation will be in ruin.
I've been married to His Majesty for many years. We used to love each other.
I am quite familiar with his personality.
He is probably already looking for a way out of it.
All the enemies will fall, every battle will be won.
Your flag will rise victoriously, success is certain.
Your Majesty, your must not!
Your Majesty,
you must not!
Your Majesty, your must not!
Your Majesty, you must not!
Your Majesty, are you all right?
I...
-Your Majesty! -Your Majesty!
-Quick, summon the royal physician!
Consort Ning, bad news. His Majesty suddenly fainted in the Great Hall.
-How is he now? -We don't know yet.
I'm going to the Guang Xuen Palace.
Come over. I want to tell you a secret.
Come here.
-What is it? -What is it?
Royal Physician Zhang, why are you in such a hurry?
His Majesty suddenly fainted in the Great Hall.
I have to hurry to check his pulse.
His Majesty is awake.
What has happened?
Where am I?
Your Majesty, you just fainted.
You must not move around, Your Majesty.
I... I am going to lead the troops myself.
-I want to boost the morale... -Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, you must not.
Your Majesty, you must not. Your health is most important.
Your Majesty!
All the royal consorts, all the ministers, please step outside for now.
His Majesty is not feeling well. He needs to rest quietly.
He needs to avoid worries and work.
Otherwise, his core may be harmed.
We will take our leave.
I want to boost the morale of my soldiers.
Where is Kang'er?
Dongme and Xiaqiu were taking care of him.
Hurry and go find him.
Kang'er!
-Little Prince Kang! -Little Prince Kang!
Kang'er!
Commander, what has happened?
Why are the horns blaring and the whole palace is under alert?
Didn't His Majesty already regain consciousness?
The little prince is missing. His two servant maids are killed.
Really?
I am leading the men to search around.
Let's go!
Ningzhi, I heard Kang'er is missing.
Your Majesty, the two maids, Dongmei and Xiaqiu, who were taking care of Kang'er,
have been killed. Kang'er is missing without a trace.
What is happening?
Does Wei Guang know yet?
I went to find him, but he wasn't there.
Don't worry yet. The palace is strictly guarded, so Kang'er may still be inside the palace.
Does His Majesty know about this?
He doesn't know yet. The Royal Physician said
that he needs to rest quietly. So we don't dare to bother him.
Take servants to keep searching. I will go look for Wei Guang.
Yes.
Consort Ning, Consort Min asks that you go to Chang Si Palace to speak with her.
You must go now. It's urgent. You must not delay.
Let's go.
What do you want by asking me here?
Nothing much.
It's just that I heard Kang'er is missing.
It's really you.
Why are you so nervous?
I don't have the time to play.
However, I accidentally heard
some gossip floating in the palace.
Ban Ling'er, do you know how serious a crime it is to kidnap the prince?
If you want Pang Kang to be safe,
then you need to agree to three conditions.
It's just like when you threatened me and His Majesty.
Number One, Wei Guang must immediately go to the front line.
Number Two, the Empress must admit in public of her affair with Hua Yang Hong and abdicate her position.
Number Three, you must start pretending to be insane
and never step out of Wan Xiang Palace again.
Ban Ling'er, you are so naive that you are almost pitiable.
Women are mere objects to His Majesty.
Kang'er is different. He is His Majesty's flesh and blood.
Kang'er is his favorite son.
You don't need to waste time talking.
If you want to know about Pang Kang, then you must agree to the three conditions.
You tell me, tell me!
Think it over and come back to me.
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