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[Novoland: Eagle Flag] [Based on a fiction by Jiang Nan]
[Episode 30]
The weather's cold.
Have a cup of tea to warm your body.
Since you are here,
why not listen to what I have to say?
You just prevented a war.
It may seem like a feat to you.
No.
To me,
it's just a minor matter.
You called this a minor matter
and beyond reproach too.
After all, the lives and death of the people is hard for you to empathize with.
But if you were to experience death, would you still say this?
I would.
You are still young and ignorant of many things.
After all this talk, you are still a kind person.
I will never be kind to you.
I will always remember the grudge of Lake Yanhui.
If I have the opportunity, I will kill you personally.
You know that I don't care whether I die.
The reason why I'm talking to you about this,
it's to hope that you won't be afraid.
Everyone will experience life and death
but death is like a butterfly. It will metamorphose.
Do you still remember that scroll?
I entrusted someone to bring it to you but you didn't read it carefully.
Certain things in this world, whether you look at them or not, they are always there.
I personally burned that scroll of yours.
When you don't look at certain things, they will never disappear.
Remember when you met that young girl, Xiao Zhou?
It's time you should open that scroll now.
Or you should go to that familiar place to look for it again.
Why did you call me here?
If I remember correctly,
you came to this place on your own.
Isn't that so?
See you again, Crown Prince.
Your Majesty.
If you didn't show up at this sacred place,
wouldn't the capital be the same as it was?
I understand your hardship
but after all, I'm an outsider.
Revelation City is too huge. I can't see clearly.
Outsider?
Hence, you didn't want me to kill Ying Wuyi?
Do you want to turn Revelation City into a battle field?
This kingdom is already a battle field!
Perhaps you are right
but I think that, not everything needs to be resolved by using swords.
State Duke Li may not be who you think he is.
Ying Wuyi trampled on me and unreasonably wielded his sword in front of me.
What should I think of him?
But you should also know that, if Li State doesn't go on a crusade,
they won't be able to survive.
Crusade against who?
Crusade against me?!
Ying Wuyi has never regarded me as the emperor.
If I had known earlier that everything would be in vain,
I would have beheaded the traitors of Great Yin on my own.
- Your Majesty... - Crown Prince, don't say anymore.
The problems of Great Yin doesn't need an outsider to worry about them.
Take your mercy and go back to the grasslands.
You like Prefecture Princess Yu Ran very much, right?
Yes.
If one day, you must kill 100,000 people in exchange for her life,
would you do it?
Your mercy is not only for me.
It's also for Ying Wuyi.
The people in the kingdom is very pitiful to me.
You hold the sharpest sword in the kingdom
but you don't want to use it.
Once those people whom you care about are dead,
would the sword that you are holding still be useful?
I promised Asule yesterday that I would go back to Han Province with him.
I heard that before their snow gets heavier, it's extremely cold.
We should buy a few capes before we leave.
Over there.
[Wei Pin Pavilion]
Take care.
What are you looking for?
Work on something else first.
Miss, you really know your goods.
We transported these furs from Han Province. They are strong and durable.
We are the only one who carry these in Revelation City.
- Let him try it. - Okay.
Come here and help.
From your outfit, you are a soldier of Li State, right?
When people of Li State hunts, they fight bare handed with the violent beasts.
From the look in your eyes, you can definitely kill a bear on your own.
Miss, it's done. Take a look.
This cape definitely looks nice but this outfit is rather ugly.
Take it off and try it again.
Huh?
What's wrong? Do you really think you are from Li State?
Lady Boss, I want this.
Find a similar one for this young lady.
Okay.
Do you really like this outfit of Li State? Wear this when we leave then!
Yu Ran.
Lady Boss, reserve these for me. I will return on another day.
Yu Ran.
Yu Ran, don't be angry. It takes a long time to put on and take off an armor.
What's so great about the people of Li State? Why can't you leave them?
- Miss... - Get the money from him.
Sir.
I grew up in mud too.
When I'm with them, I feel more comfortable.
Are you saying that you don't feel comfortable with me?
It's not that.
I...I haven't completed two tasks for the Prefecture Princess of Li State.
She helped me to take revenge for my mother. I can't forget her kindness.
Why don't you and her...
It won't happen.
What are you doing? Sit down.
Hurry up.
Crown Prince's Consort, we meet again.
Why do you keep wandering out here instead of staying home and keeping your husband company?
Are you bored today? Why do I keep running into you?
Yes, I'm came out to look for my slave.
Who told you to come out here? Put on your mask!
You are not allowed to put it on.
Everyone says that people from Li State are barbarians. It's indeed so.
They only know how to wave their whips around.
Even a good dog knows how not to block other's path
but the Prefecture Princess of Li State doesn't know.
Why are you stopping here? Go forward now.
If I said not to move, who dares to move? Give it a try.
Why aren't you moving? Move now!
You are not allowed to move!
Dear young ladies, I will be late.
I rely on this to make a living.. Dear distinguished young ladies,
please let me off.
- Why don't we... -Shut up! - Shut up!
Forget it. The weather's nice today. I won't broaden my knowledge with you today.
- Ji Ye, go hunting with me. - Hunting?
What hunting?
Ji Ye, go fishing with me.
Aren't you deliberating finding troubles with me?
You can go fishing any other day. He must hunt today.
Why must you insist on hunting today? You merely want to take Ji Ye away, right?
Fine. I will let you take him away if you win.
Speak. What should we compete in?
State your choice and we will compete.
Fine. This is what you said. Don't regret.
Didn't you wanted to go drinking with Ji Ye?
Let's have a drinking contest today.
If you can defeat me in the drinking contest, I won't take Ji Ye away.
I won't say a single word and I won't regret.
- Yu Ran, you can't drink... - Let's drink then!
The wines in the capital are not that enjoyable.
Isn't that so, Prefecture Princess Yu Ran?
It's so boring.
What's wrong with the wines in the capital?
I think they are much better than the wines from Li State.
The wines from Li State are so bitter and not smooth. It's so unrefined too.
By saying this, have you drank wines from Li State?
Have you?
I'm asking you if you have drank them.
When did I say I haven't drank them?
Have you?
I haven't.
What are you bragging about then?
Forget it. Forget it.
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
Prefecture Princess, regarding your beauty,
I really don't dare to agree.
If you don't like us, don't drink our wines then.
Fine.
I won't fight over your wine with you.
But the dog that I took back,
don't fight over it with me.
Ji Ye...
He's not your dog!
Ji Ye is mine.
He will always be mine!
Okay. If you want him to be yours, it's fine.
Let's drink. Let's talk again if you can beat me.
Let's drink.
Yu Ran...
Yu Ran, stop drinking. You have drank too much.
Stop drinking, okay?
Let's stop drinking.
Listen to me.
Ji Ye.
It has been a long time. Where did you go?
You are back.
I'm back. I'm back.
Can you not leave me again?
Okay.
I won't leave again. I won't.
I will never leave you again.
I like you.
Let me help you.
Crown Prince.
It's time consuming and laborious to arrange the ancient books. I will manage it myself.
Crown Prince, you are frowning.
Something must have happened.
I met His Majesty this morning.
I can imagine what Older Brother said to you.
He has always been alone
but he wants a friend.
Now that his friend is leaving him, I can imagine how he feels.
But, Crown Prince, has matters that he ought to do.
Moreover, this capital is not a suitable place for you.
His Majesty is really not blaming me for anything.
It's just that,
I have been thinking about what he said to me.
He said that,
I hold the sharpest sword in the kingdom
and didn't want to use it.
He asked if one day, the person whom I care most about were to die,
so what if I have that sword?
Let's talk about the future next time.
I'm different from my older brother.
I don't think you are an indecisive person.
It's just that you haven't made up your mind yet.
Once you have made your decision, you will be more stubborn than anyone else.
I hope I still have the time to think about it.
Isn't this the scroll that you burned?
This gift doesn't has any magical effects.
It will contain the truth.
Crown Prince.
Crown Prince, do you still remember the scroll
which I entrusted someone to pass it to you?
You didn't read it carefully.
Certain things in this world, whether you look at it or not, it will always be there.
It's probably here.
Why is the map guiding to this direction? How could there be any famous halls here?
But the map is guiding to this direction. There must be a reason.
They are training here.
It's clearly the art of killing.
Come with me.
I want to eat rice cakes.
I'm in a hurry. I will bring rice cakes for you next time.
Older Sister Xiao Zhou.
Older Sister Xiao Zhou, did you bring any rice cakes for us?
I will bring them next time. Go and play.
Okay.
Look at this map. There is clearly seven stories
but there's only give stories here. If the map is correct,
there are two stories underground.
Let's go.
Over here.
These are...these are...
These are the gold ingots from the Treasury carriage.
Treasury carriage?
Treasury carriage? What are they doing here?
Greetings, Your Highness, Crown Prince.
You all...
What's going on here?
This is His Majesty's private treasury.
Only His Majesty knows about this.
We are merely guarding this
but as you are not an outsider, I believe His Majesty won't be angry.
But it's such an important matter. Older Brother has never told me about this.
His Majesty said that you have too many problems on your mind every day.
It's such a minor matter. His Majesty will take care of this alone.
He doesn't need you to know.
We were orphans since young.
Everyday, we were living hopeless days.
Thanks to Older Sister that we are able to survive every day.
I wouldn't dare to lie to you.
I believe His Majesty has his reasons for not telling you about this.
Please don't take this to heart.
It's late. We are leaving.
We are leaving.
It's impossible to transport such a huge amount of gold out of the capital city.
You transferred them to a basement.
Frankly, you have already opened your private warehouse and used the gold ingots.
Those educated kids are even wielding swords.
They are your soldiers whom you raised to fight till death.
Sun Zhimiao was already your staff from the start.
Ying Wuyi wanted money from the treasury for military expenditure, you didn't want to give.
yet you want to cover up the truth of already using up the gold.
Hence, you made use of Sun Zhimiao and blamed it on Aunt.
Who would imagine that the thief was you?
How could you say that I'm a thief?
Older Brother, you have always been the smartest person.
You should have known that you won't be able to hide it from me.
I have never thought of hiding this from you.
Just ask whatever you want.
When did you start to touch those gold?
Six years ago, I accidentally found a way to open the private warehouse.
Six years ago?
Six years ago, Ying Wuyi hasn't arrived at the capital yet
and you already touched the gold?
For what?
It was to compete with Aunt.
From the beginning, I only used some of the gold
to set up an academy and groom a few fighters.
Later, I realized that gold is a good item.
It can buy warriors who are not afraid to die.
It can also buy loyal subjects and be be used to buy more of them.
When Ying Wuyi wanted military expenses,
I refused to give it to him.
So I decided to empty out the private treasury.
I am the Emperor from the Bai family.
That private treasury belongs to the Bai family.
Do you think I'm wrong?
Do you want me to be like the crown prince, sitting around with the sword to wait.
Waiting until the Bai family's rule is terminated to start fighting?
Will there be enough time?
But, Older Brother, don't you realize once you can't end the war easily once you start it?
Even if you win the world, it will be a fractured world.
Even a fractured world, it would still belong to the Bai family.
Older Brother, you know I have never been a real Bai princess.
Since the beginning, I've only been your sister.
It's because you told me that you wanted to be a good emperor
that I've been helping you with all I can to help you.
In this world, you are the person that I trust the most.
If even you don't approve of what I do,
then everything I do becomes meaningless.
I will think over carefully of what you've said.
Does the crown prince know?
Reporting, Crown Prince.
Someone left you a letter.
Tonight there is lantern festivities for Qing Qiu Festival.
Ji Ye and I will wait for you on the Flower Bridge.
If you don't come, you're dead!
Crown Prince.
Princess Little Zhou.
This broth is made using ginseng from Jinbei's tribute. I brought it for you.
You are so courteous, Princess.
- Are you going out, Crown Prince? - Yes.
Yu Ran and Ji Ye asked me to go see the lantern festivities. I was just on the way out.
I came to talk with you about my brother.
Come in, please.
I've visited my brother.
He said that he will take good care of the things, but he just needs some time.
If His Majesty can do what he says, it's certainly good.
Nevertheless,
may I ask, Princess,
do you really know His Majesty?
I grew up together with my older brother.
If even I don't know him, then no one else in the world knows him.
Crown Prince, do you remember what I told you about my birth during our journey to Yen Fan Lake?
When I was young, the rule at Grand Qing Palace dictated that, upon the emperor's death,
all his old people would be killed.
The reason is to prevent the rebellion by the mother of a young son.
Royal rules were always strict.
If it weren't for Older Brother, I would not have kept my life.
He had just succeeded the throne at that time, only a mere puppet.
He had no real power.
I saw all the late emperor's old people being dragged out one by one to be executed.
He couldn't help saving them even though he wanted to.
When it was my turn...
I'll send you off.
Save me.
Go away.
Listen to me well! If anyone touches her,
I will kill your family up to nine generations.
Whoever dares to kill me, he would kill his family's nine generations.
That's how I was kept alive.
Therefore, whether this capital is a quagmire,
or even hell, I would stand by my older brother.
But now, there is another person that I want to stand by.
That's you, Crown Prince.
Princess, you've really endured a difficult life along with His Majesty.
But, as a friend to His Majesty, there are times
when he feels somewhat unfamiliar.
Older Brother has lied to me for many years.
I think it's because he can't bear for me to know about the dirty deals.
I've been his strategist behind the scenes.
In these years, I can't say everything I've done is open and righteous.
If you know all about them, you probably would lose all respect for me.
No, I won't.
It's getting late, you probably should go quickly.
It would be a loss to miss the lantern festivities.
Per Your Majesty's command, all the evidence have been eliminated.
How was the gold taken care of?
It's kept in a temporary warehouse.
But it's probably not secretive enough.
Li State has a lot of spies in the capital.
We need to transfer as quickly as possible.
Little Zhou and Crown Prince haven't told anyone else, have they?
At least the Lord of Li doesn't know yet.
Otherwise, the person standing in front of you right now won't be me,
but the Lord of Li.
Has Chief Leader come to Your Majesty about this matter yet?
Only Little Zhou has come by herself.
The crown prince may look gentle,
but he is very firm in his determination.
The Heavenly Samurai, in his view,
are meant to safeguard peace and uphold justice.
In his eyes,
there is a clear divide between good and evil.
There is still someone so naive in the world?
I was wrong to think I could finish my grand plan with him.
But the crown prince is the leader of the Heavenly Samurai Regiment.
His view will influence many people.
I have wanted to ask Teacher something for a while.
Please say it, Your Majesty.
Between Chief Leader and Iron Royal, who is Heavenly Samurai's real leader?
Since ancient times, whoever is the mater of the Blue Cloud Ancient Tooth Sword
is the Chief Leader. Other leaders all follow the Chief Leader.
But, after the death of the previous Chief Leader, You Changji,
the Heavenly Samurai did not have a leader for fourteen years.
Sir Iron Royal kept the organization active by himself.
Iron Royal has been through turbulence.
He can probably understand my difficulties.
If we can get more support from Iron Royal, can we ignore the views from Chief Leader?
It's not that simple. The Chief Leader
is the master of Blue Cloud Ancient Tooth Sword.
Iron Royal may be imposing, but when Chief Leader stands up,
Iron Royal would not be able to control the Heavenly Samurai.
I'm afraid Chief Leader doesn't trust me anymore.
Teacher, you probably don't know about this, but Chief Leader has said he wants to return to Hanzhou.
If he leaves the Heavenly Samurai, will the samurai will support him?
Yes.
What if there is only Iron Royal left,
everything would be simplified.
Your Majesty, please think carefully.
You misunderstand what I meant.
You are my teacher and also a Heavenly Samurai.
Between the two identities, which one is more important to you?
To me, they are equally important.
The capital is more lively than South Huai City during Qing Chiu Festival.
They say the capital is the most prosperous city in Eastland.
Of course it would be more lively than South Huai.
Who told you that? If you don't have friends, even the most lively city wouldn't be fun.
With friends around, even looking at a small village next to a mountain feels special.
Sir Iron Royal.
I heard that you are returning to Qingyang, may I speak with you?
Can we talk another day? I don't want to keep my friends waiting for long.
Just a few words.
Go inside, please.
Chief Leader, when you came to the divine pathway,
I was not surprised at all.
In your mind, the Heavenly Samurai Regiment
should not have done that, right?
Based on your dignified reputation, you understand the Heavenly Samurai
a lot more than I do. But, in my view,
killing Lord of Li is not something that the Heavenly Samurai should do.
Then, what does Chief Leader think the Heavenly Samurai Regiment should do?
Protect the peace for all people.
Peace? Behind peace there is a price to pay with blood.
If one innocent person is killed, but tens of thousands of lives can be saved,
would you kill that person, Chief Leader?
No, I wouldn't.
I admire that you have such a firm belief.
Thanks for coming.
We're out of sparklers. Why isn't Asule coming yet?
Look!
- Asule! - Asule!
You and I are not on the same side. We can't continue together.
I'm sorry.
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