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[Novoland: Eagle Flag] [Based on a fiction by Jiang Nan]
[Episode 28]
Sir Lei, please wait a moment.
Thank you.
Your Highness, Sir Lei Bicheng is here.
Greetings, Zheng Guo First Princess.
Sir Bicheng.
I've been waiting for this day
I know that when Your Highness sees through the human heart's darkness,
I will become your most powerful asset.
You magicians always speak in such mysterious ways.
I don't understand it.
I, Bai Lingbo, using the power of one woman,
have been able to safeguard the capital for 14 years.
I only regret that time has been fast passing by.
Your Highness, is your biggest wish to restore your past beauty?
That wish is not difficult to achieve.
Celestial Ministry bewitches people with sorcery.
How do you prove that you're not a crazy person talking about absurdities.
People see sorcery,
but it's a secret technique that is beyond regular people's comprehension.
It can reverse time, restore the past,
using exactly this kind of secret technique.
Your Highness, please believe me this one time.
If it is just like what you say, that I'm simply a charlatan illusionist,
then I won't be able to step out of the palace alive today.
Your Highness.
Please close your eyes.
Where are we?
Your Highness, please.
This is the land of arcana.
If you have sincerity in your heart, it is never an illusion.
Please follow me, Your Highness.
I couldn't help but exercised my technique and offended Your Highness's dignified style,
please forgive me.
- This is the real Bai Lingbo. - Right now,
time has reversed, youth has been restored.
With this kind of secret technique,
can Celestial Ministry assist Your Highness in ascending to Great Yin's throne?
From this day on, the door to Chang Le Palace will always be open for you, Sir.
Thank you, Your Highness.
Your Highness.
No!
Your Majesty.
Did you have a nightmare? I came by to take a look at you.
I came by to see how you are recuperating.
With the royal physician and royal teacher's help, I am recovering well.
I was incapable and wasn't able to win the tournament for Your Majesty.
Why do you say that, Crown Prince?
Under those circumstances, you volunteered to fight.
I am very touched.
It's what I should do.
Princess Little Zhou...
Why didn't Princess Little Zhou come with you?
Your Majesty.
Did something happen in the palace?
I wasn't going to tell you, Crown Prince.
I issued the proclamation to exonerate the Heavenly Samurai,
but have been opposed by all of the state lords.
They believe that the Heavenly Samurai plotted schemes
to overthrow the court. Little Zhou has gone to persuade the lords
in the hope that they will change their mind.
Your Majesty, the situation at court is still unstable,
they are people glaring at your openly and in the dark.
This is a very dangerous journey. Princess Little Zhou should not go by herself.
Of course I know that.
It's all because I am incapable. I can't protect Revelation City,
and can't even protect my sister, who is the closest person to me.
All the state lords control their own armies. They view me as if I don't exist.
Your Majesty, this came about because of the Heavenly Samurai.
Therefore, I wish to talk directly with the state lords.
You must not.
I promised Little Zhou not to let you sink into the mire.
Besides, you have a unique identity. They won't easily believe you.
Princess Little Zhou can face dangers without fear.
Your Majesty stood up to exonerate the Heavenly Samurai.
Now that things have come to this point,
I shall not retreat in cowardice.
All right.
Let Royal Teacher take a team of Jiwu Guards to protect your safety.
That's not necessary.
Royal Teacher and Jiwu Guards are your closest guardians.
The court is still turbulent. Your Majesty needs more protection than I do.
Ji Ye, is it really your wish to join Thunder Brave Camp?
It is my choice.
It has nothing to do with you.
That day at the royal tournament, if the Lord of Li State hadn't stopped you,
would you have killed me?
The war between Celestial Ministry and Heavenly Samurai Regiment
is finally about to start.
Sir, are you waiting for me?
I have been waiting for Princess Little Zhou for a while.
Sir Ningqing, you call me princess. Aren't you afraid that my aunt will be upset?
I know that Aunt is dissatisfied with me.
So, are you here on Aunt's order to kill me?
Princess, you are too serious.
I am blind, weak, and came by myself.
I am not ordered by anyone today,
just came to see you, Princess Little Zhou.
So you have something to talk privately with me?
Princess, please note that this pathway leads to Yen Fan Lake.
Behind you is Revelation City.
I think you have made a mistake and should stop right away
to avoid making a greater mistake.
So you are here to persuade me to go back?
If you choose to go to Yen Fan Lake, you can expect grave dangers.
I think Princess Little Zhou belongs to Revelation City.
Your body is worth more than 10,000 ingots of gold. Why take the risk?
But to me, somethings must be done.
Revelation City belongs to my Royal Brother.
To me, it's a place that I live as a guest.
But I will commit fully to help my brother hold up the empire.
So if this is the only reason why you're here, then please go back.
I believe that Your Highness will always belong to Revelation City.
Take care, Your Highness.
Princess Little Zhou!
Crown Prince!
I just saw Baili Ningqing.
Why was he here?
Are you alright?
I am fine.
But why are you here, Crown Prince?
How can you go by yourself for such a dangerous undertaking?
If something happened to you, what would His Majesty do?
You didn't have to come, Crown Prince.
Exonerating the Heavenly Samurai was what I suggested to my brother originally.
Since it started with me, I should be the one to resolve it.
Your Highness really worked hard to exonerate the Heavenly Samurai.
I am the Chief Leader of the Heavenly Samurai, i cannot stand by and watch only.
You haven't even recovered yet. You should rest.
Don't worry, Princess. I have recovered.
If we didn't know each other, would you still help me?
Yes.
It's surprising that we can meet at Revelation City.
You are actually quite lucky.
It was really dangerous I was lucky..
and won right.
It didn't go as you and Lord Baili's wish. I've disappointed you.
You've held a grudge against me and Lord Baili,
and also against Yu Ran and the Crown Prince.
Isn't that so?
Even to your best friend,
you were not reticent at all to strike him to kill.
What eternal love? What best friendship?
Young people will say things easily. None of it is believable.
Nothing else is important when you prefer fame and wealth.
But it's all right.
The Crown Prince will probably die soon.
I actually wish that he would die at your hands.
Let's see if you will be tormented by remorse.
What did you say?
His Majesty's exoneration of the Heavenly Samurai
has not only attracted the State Lords' discontent, but also the fanatic revenge by the Celestial Ministry.
The Crown Prince is going to face it by himself,
do you think he will be able to come back alive?
[Chuwei State, Ming Shuo]
The imperial decree has arrived sooner than expected.
I haven't left Chuwei State for ten-some years.
I also haven't seen her all these years.
Ten-some years have gone by in the blink of an eye.
Whenever something related to Revelation City occurs,
you are always reminded of the past.
I was only fifteen then. I was ordered by my royal father
to go to the enormous Revelation City by myself. First I went to Ji Palace,
then to the royal palace.
To me, Revelation City is a land of sorrow.
Perhaps Little Zhou is my only lingering memory.
You take a look at the decree. I ask General to go in my stead.
I shall obey.
[Lower Tang, South Huai City]
For the Yen Fan Lake conference, the Crown Prince is going with Princess Little Zhou.
First Princess has had an odd change. Her face looks different and the personality is different.
Celestial Ministry appears, Heavenly Samurai stand up, be prepared.
My Lord, is the State Preceptor reporting good news or bad news?
The Yen Fan Lake meeting is an extraordinary event.
General, do you know what's important to Lower Tang?
To abide by ancestral decree to eliminate the Heavenly Samurai.
It is not only the emperor's wish, but also all the states' wish.
But to Lower Tang, the Crown Prince's safety is the most important to us.
Take your troops to Yen Fan Lake immediately.
Yes.
Princess, it's getting late. Why don't we rest here?
All right.
This is an uncomfortable place. Sorry to put you up here.
I am only a princess without an official title.
You are a real Crown Princess.
If you don't feel bad about it, why should I?
May I ask... are you regretting coming to the capital?
Everything has become more complicated after I came to the capital.
I just feel that it's too difficult to see through the human heart.
The human heart is always secretive.
You are the simple one.
You are not like me.
I was born into the battled field for power.
You don't have to get involved in it.
Princess, you don't appear to be someone who enjoys scheming for power.
I really am not a princess.
Even though you say you're not,
but everyone in the palace calls you princess.
Inside the Grand Qing Palace, the emperor is emperor,
palace maids are palace maids, and eunuchs are eunuchs.
There are also royal descendants who are granted residence in the palace.
All of their names are written in the Grand Ancestral Temple.
Only my name cannot be found.
That's why Aunt has said I am someone with an unclear identity.
My mother is Bai Shun, Lord of Chuwei State.
I have heard that the Lord of Chuwei is female,
but I didn't know she is your mother.
But I don't know who my father is.
My mother is a niece of a branch of the Bai royal family.
She lived in Grand Qing Palace since young.
She gave birth to me without having been married.
That's why everyone said the late emperor had an affair with her.
The late emperor did treat me very well.
When I was born, he gave me a little boat made of white gold.
That's why everyone calls me Princess Little Zhou. (Zhou means small boat.)
But, that's not my real name.
My name is Bai Zhouyue. - (Zhouyue literally means Boat Moon.)
Bai Zhouyue?
I've known you for a while now, and I just found out your name.
The Late Emperor treated me really well.
He not only allowed me to live in the palace,
he also bequeathed me Hidden Books Pavilion.
But he never acknowledged my identity.
So when he passed away,
I should have been cleaned up.
Cleaned up?
The tradition in Grand Qing Palace is that when the emperor passes away,
all his old people must be cleaned up.
You mean,
executed?
Go.
What was that?
Bare-Tooth Army.
The Celestial Ministry is the last that would want the exoneration of the Heavenly Samurai.
Let's leave quickly! We must hurry on to Yan Fan Lake.
- Go! - Crown Prince!
Crown Prince!
Come with me!
Perhaps Heaven will save you.
The armor is still present!
Thank you for saving the crown prince just now.
He is my friend.
But you, why did you come back despite the danger?
He is also my friend.
Ji Ye.
You're awake.
Don't move around.
Why did you come?
You know that I don't like to owe anyone anything.
I'm just repaying my debt.
You probably came out here without permission from that Li prefecture princess, right?
I'll go back soon.
Even though you are still wearing Thunder Calvary's armor, I'm still happy that you could come.
It's not bad to wear Thunder Calvary's uniform.
If it weren't for it, I wouldn't have any armor to wear.
I never got to ask. The road from Lower Tang to the capital is long.
How did you make it here?
It's just a story of an escaped prisoner.
It's nothing to be surprised about.
We should be close to Chuwei now. The river in front of us is called Jian River.
Following Jian River straight ahead is Chuwei's capital city, Ming Shuo.
The water there is clear all year around.
Princess, have you ever been to Ming Shuo?
I've never been there. Before I met you, I had never stepped out of the palace.
Even though I'm familiar with the land in Chuwei,
it's all from reading books. I'd like to see it with my own eyes someday.
Your mother is still alive. You should go there to visit.
Asule, Princess Little Zhou.
I don't think they'll want to see me in my armor. So I'll stop here.
Farewell!
Wait! Ji Ye.
You forget, you are also a Heavenly Samurai.
That's in the past. I am the Deputy Commander of Thunder Brave Camp, and you are the Chief Leader of Heavenly Samurai Regiment.
Go do what a Chief Leader should do!
Crown Prince, don't be worried. I think
your friend will return someday to fight alongside you.
Let's go.
The Princess arrives.
As everyone has come from afar, I will get right to the point.
We are meeting here to discuss the exoneration of the Heavenly Samurai Regiment.
Fengyan Emperor already said that
letting the Heavenly Samurai into court was wrong.
The States' position is already written in the official communique to the emperor.
It's useless to keep talking about it.
It is precisely because the State Lords are warring year after year that there is turbulence in Eastland.
It's allowed Ying Wuyi the opportunity to directly enter Revelation City.
Now that the royal family is in peril,
what's wrong with letting a righteous force to help us?
It's wrong.
It's totally wrong.
Back then all the states fought against the Heavenly Samurai insurgence, the dead and wounded were many on both sides.
This kind of blood debt and hatred is not going to be erased easily.
That's right.
So many people were killed by the Heavenly Samurai back then, how can we easily forget it?
How do we know if the Heavenly Samurai won't turn around to revenge against us?
None of the states here would allow such a dangerous force to shake the imperial court's rule.
I can guarantee to everyone here that Heavenly Samurai will not avenge against anyone.
I am Lu Guichen.
As the new Chief Leader of Heavenly Samurai, I swear that
Heavenly Samurai Regiment will only restore justice, support benevolence, eliminate evildoing.
We will not kill the innocent under the banner of revenge.
That's right, this man standing next to me is Lu Guichen, the new Chief Leader of the Heavenly Samurai.
I am here to express Heavenly Samurai's sincerity.
Through its blood and courage, the Heavenly Samurai Regiment has always protected peace
and all people in the world.
I hope you will tell your lords when you go back, that
the Heavenly Samurai Regiment is not your enemy.
We are guardians of justice.
We are not the blood-thirsty bandits as rumored.
Crown Prince,
My Lord asked me to remind you.
You are the Crown Prince of Qingyang
and also Lower Tang's son-in-law.
His Lordship wishes you to return to Lower Tang soon.
Everyone, since Heavenly Samurai's Chief Leader is willing to make such a promise,
why don't we hear what the emperor is thinking and planning?
General Bai, what's the matter?
Are you changing side already?
Don't forget the lesson taught by history.
Back then, it was Heavenly Samurai's Chief Leader who killed the emperor.
Tell us, how can we believe him?
How can we believe the Heavenly Samurai?
- Right. - That's right.
Everyone.
All the state lords protect the royal family, and the Heavenly Samurai protect the capital.
It's all for continuing Great Yin's dynastic rule for eons.
In this era of turmoil, your suspicion and divisiveness is our real enemy.
I plead all of you to trust the emperor's choice.
Also, trust the Heavenly Samurai.
Only by staying united and fighting together
will we save Great Yin, the dynasty that belongs to all of us.
We can then have real peace and prosperity for the people.
Someone is coming.
Who are they? How dare they intrude into a royal meeting.
They don't look like the Thunder Calvary.
Celestial Ministry.
We must get through the blockade, or everyone will be killed.
Crown Prince, look!
Iron Royal.
Iron Royal is coming.
Sir Iron Royal, why are you here?
Chief Leader, more and more of the Bare-Tooth Army is coming in. I doubt that we can last much longer.
Protect the princess! Take her and the envoys to the ship!
Protect the princess and enjoys to board the ship!
Go!
- Chief Leader, get on the ship! - Alright.
Heavenly Samurai, get on the ship!
Hurry!
Set sail!
The armor is still present.
Blood! Blood!
What are you crying for?
It's not even your own blood on you!
Everyone, you have seen the truth that hasn't been witnessed by your own lords.
Celestial Ministry returns, darkness descends to all nine continents.
No one will be spared in our respective country.
Fighting to the death, instead of dying out of cowardice, is our only choice.
Can you promise that the Heavenly Samurai won't revenge against the various States?
All those Heavenly Samurai fought in a blood bath and died. Is that not enough to convince you?
Look at yourselves.
Your clothes are all stained with Heavenly Samurai's blood.
Without them, you wouldn't be standing here!
If Heavenly Samurai Regiment goes back on its word,
it's also a betrayal against our dead brothers.
Chuwei State accepts Great Yin's Emperor's decree.
Chen State accepts the Emperor's decree.
- Xiao State accepts. - Shang State accepts. - Zheng State accepts.
Chuen State accepts the Emperor's decree.
Lower Tang accepts the Emperor's decree.
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