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~ Moonrise by Lu Hu & Huang Yali ~
♫ The moonlight shines brightly on the strings of the zither that night ♫
♫ You and I are teetering on the edge of loneliness ♫
♫ Softly reciting the bygone days we cannot return to ♫
♫ Also floating in the air is a kite with a string that has snapped ♫
♫ The yearning stirs my heartstrings that night ♫
♫ Love and hate whimper quietly and unrestrainedly ♫
♫ To meet or not to meet, both are similarly on the edge of pain ♫
♫ That umbrella that shielded me from the rain was badly damaged ♫
♫ At moonrise, I meet with you ♫
♫ At moonset, I could not see you anymore ♫
♫ At moonrise, I endlessly yearn for you ♫
♫ At moonset... at moonset... ♫
♫ A millennium passes by rapidly... ♫
The Legend of Hao Lan
Episode 33
Useless.
Men, take Princess Ya to the prison.
Mother, mother!
Mother, you can not treat me like this.
Listen to me well,
Immediately execute those in cohorts with Prince Jiao,
Father.
Search entire palace.
Yes.
Queen, still need to count on you at key moments.
It's I who was late.
I heard that there are shakeups in palace.
Therefore immediately had men send.
But still came late, caused the King some shock and anxiety.
If it wasn't for Queen's foresight,
my life would be gone by now. Why would I blame you?
I am tired.
Please escort the King back to his bedchamber.
Her Highness actually has such an amazing troop of soldiers.
Xiaochun, are you all right?
Fine.
You are hurt? I will take you to have it bandaged.
- It's all right. - Let's go.
Check over there.
You are more callous than before.
I gave up on you once. You've entrapped me once.
But after such twist and turn, we meet again.
You and I truly fated.
Why do you look at me like that?
Looking at a traitor, should I be full of loving gaze?
Traitor?
What do you base on to call me that?
That year when my mother lost favr, everyone can step on us.
When I was seriously sick,
No physician took a look at me.
Mother held the feverish me,
- Kneeling in the middle of the carriage road. - I beg you.
She was given twenty canes.
Only then was allowed to speak.
She asked Her Highness to save me, and let me live.
Do you know what Her Highness replied?!
Her Highness doesn't like weak people.
Her life never had these words, kindness and mercy.
You've lived. Then your mother...
You really do understand her.
Her Highness only said she wants a son.
That night, my mother killed herself.
From that day on, Her Highness became my protector.
Power, ambition had been deeply engraved into blood and bones.
Because of all of this where in exchanged from my mother's life.
Even if everyone yells at me.
I still must get the throne of the Zhao state!
Only this way will I not let down my entire life.
Do you understand?
It's a shame you failed.
You are fated to receive nothing.
Release me.
I still have you. You can accompany me to death.
I wouldn't be lonely on the road to underworld.
Release me.
You tell me.
Was I wrong?
How did you understand the secret message that Yin Xiaochun left for you?
Xiaochun is very smart.
On the table, she deliberately left four types of herbal medicines, namely, Orange Jasmine, Chinese Aconite,
Oriental Raisin Tree Extract and Golden-Eyed Grass Herbs.
Revealed the message after soaked in wine.
This strange method, can regular people understand it?
If she didn't usually teach me herbal names with verses, I wouldn't understand it either.
Fortunately all of this ended.
No, this is only the beginning.
I was the one who gave Prince Jiao a little push.
Lu Buwei, what are you truly going to do ?
I want Zhao State to become chaotic.
I want Yin Yiren to return to Qin.
I also want you to become the Queen of Qin.
Where are you going?
Going to look for my husband.
You wait and see.
Everything I said will be realize soon.
Mother.
Mother, you are here.
Hurry up and tell royal father to let me go.
I don't want to imprisoned here.
You royal father had a decree.
Command you to...commit suicide.
But...
But.. I am your only daughter.
You can not kill me.
Mother.
But you participated in the foolish overthrow.
You threatened his throne.
Most importantly you failed.
That is the case.
Mother, I was threatened by elder brother.
I was forced to.
Mother, you can not kill me.
I am your only daughter. I do not want to die.
Mother.
Too late.
The thing about a coup is...
Either you don't do it.
If you are doing to do it.
Then must be successful.
Look at the two of you.
First you let Prince Yu go.
Also let your royal father send out a secret message.
The two of you knuckelheads.
Wished to take the throne?
Is there such a good thing under the sky?
One mistake after another.
Look at you. Look.
There's no one bit like me. Utterly foolish.
Why did I become like this?
Isn't it because of you?
Because my mother is cold hearted woman.
She is an unfeeling mother.
When I was five years old,
I wanted to hug you, to feel the warmth of a mother.
But you yelled at me saying it was mannerless.
When I was seven, you killed my wet nurse.
Only because she momentarily forgot
and kissed my face.
You forbid me to love other people. Even forbid me to love you.
All right. As you wished.
After seven, no one very hold me.
No one gave me even a tiny bit of body warmth.
Therefore you begged for Qin Royal Descendant's love?
That is not begging.That is defence,
It's plunder. It's possession.
Besides all of this I learned from you.
It's only because I was so young, that I will lose so utterly.
Next life, I only want a gentle mother.
Even if born in a poor family.
I do not want to be your daughter again.
Mother.
Xia Xue.
Did Princess treat you well during regular times?
I will ask people to take good care of your family.
The design of this thorn is really tricky.
It's still bleeding now.
Are you praising her or scolding her?
I am sighing.
How much thoughts has Princess Ya exerted because of Qin Royal Descendant?
Why does it sound like you are scolding me?
Isn't is so?
You attracted the butterfly unintentionally. Your charisma is remarkable!
Madam Royal Descendant, I have brought the medicine for preventing a miscarriage to you on the order of Physician Yin.
You may leave.
What did she say just now?
Yin Xiaochun has asked her to bring some medicine over.
Not this sentence.
Was it... the words "Madam Royal Descendant" then?
You are pregnant?
I'll be a father, right?
Yes.
Who's there?
What's wrong?
I think I saw somebody.
Maybe it was just the wind.
What's the matter?
It's alright. Let's go inside.
Hurry, go inside.
Ya'er, let's stop here.
Mother, can I really not stay?
I can hide in the village and never go back to the palace.
- I would even... - You really cannot.
After you passed the territory of Zhao State, there's wide seas and boundless sky.
You can go anywhere you want.
It's just that from now onward,
you are no longer a princess.
You'll need to learn managing things by yourself.
No matter where you are, you must use wisdom.
More importantly,
don't be confused by men.
Last night,
I went to Protect Peace Palace.
Li Haolan saw me with her own eyes.
Mother, you didn't imagined that
up till today, I really won this round.
So, to keep this secret that I'm still alive,
please kill her.
For my sake, and more so for yourself.
[ Protect Peace Palace ]
Put on your shoes.
It's so warm.
Here, Lord Lü.
- Please enjoy. - Here, Lord Lü.
- Please enjoy. - Let me drink a toast to you.
Here, take a look at this.
Rattle drums on sale!
Here, have a look.
Fun-to-play rattle drums!
Rattle drums on sale!
Come over and have a look.
[ Protect Peace Palace ]
Son, this is the grasshopper that I made for you. Do you like it?
- He's moving. - Really? Let me listen to it.
He's moving again.
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Yiren, are you back?
Your Highness.
It's been a long time since we met each other.
Is it five months already?
Yes.
Why are you so nervous. I'm not going to eat you.
Your Highness has never visited Protect Peace Palace. Now, you are here suddenly,
of course I'm terrified.
You saw Princess that night. Isn't it right?
Princess? That night?
What is Your Highness talking about? I'm completely muddle-headed.
Don't pretend to be muddle-headed.
That night, you saw everything.
Haolan, you should understand me.
I have never allowed any handhold to fall into other people's hands.
This time, I have been patient for so long.
This should be my limit.
Send her on her way.
Your Highness! Your Highness!
If you did this, you will become enemies with the royal family of Qin State.
You took your own life. What has it got to do with other people?
A woman who is pregnant
kills herself for no apparent reason. Who would believe it?
So what if no one believes?
Are you talking about Qin Royal Descendant?
Isn't he now in a situation where he can't even protect himself?
I'm not the only one who knows about Your Highness' secret.
If you kill me today, it will be all over the world tomorrow.
You are so cautious.
The only one who can reveal this
should be Yin Xiaochun, right? But, it's a pity that
she is not as brave as you think. Carry on.
Your Highness, you're killing the wife of Qin Royal Descendant!
Killing the wife of Qin Royal Descendant!
All of you must be buried with me!
Stop!
Consort Han.
I'm here to visit Madam Royal Descendant.
Say, it's such a coincident to bump into Your Highness here.
It's really a coincidence. It's so coincidental that
you came here specially to oppose me.
The look in your eyes is really frightening.
I'm timid. How would I dare to oppose you?
I am going to oppose you.
There's nothing you can do with me, is there?
I really want to know
how long you can protect her.
Thank you.
I'm not the one you should thank.
Lü Buwei is my business partner.
He thinks so highly of you.
If you died today,
what could I say to him?
Are you really not afraid of the Queen?
Afraid?
My whole life, I don't know what it means to be afraid.
Where is the prince?
His Highness hasn't returned yet.
- Then I'll wait inside. - This... This is against the rule.
She is the prince's future wife. You should let her in.
Don't announce me. I want to give His Highness a surprise.
No one should tell him that I'm here. You all can leave.
Yes.
Ever since Consort Yun passed away,
Prince hasn't been happy.
From now on, you need to stay by his side in my stead.
Always keep him happy.
Huan'er, don't run away.
Why do you openly oppose Her Highness?
You know this is a critical time for me to become Crown Prince.
I don't want her to become an obstacle.
That's about you. So what if I entangled her?
It's because I'm worried about you.
Worry about me?
Do you not believe me?
Between us, we are only using each other.
When have we talked about trust?
Qionghua, I am truly worried about you.
No matter if you believe me or not, that day
when I knew you were at Protect Peace Palace, my heartbeat was about to stop, do you know that?
Prince Yu,
it can't be that you have fallen for me?
Yes.
I have fallen for you.
Love? What is love?
The passion between men and women, the thoughts between the sheets?
Or is it the exchange of loving glances
and the flirtation with each other?
Isn't it just a matter of deceit between us?
From the start till the end,
you were just using me, right?
Who knows?
Tell me.
If the one who failed this rebellion was me,
would you save me?
Of course not.
I will watch you die.
Your Highness! Your Highness.
- What is it? - Just now... just now Miss Pang came.
What? B*stard!
Why did you not stop her?
She is the future Princess Consort, I did not dare.
Useless. Move aside!
[ Rising Sun Palace ]
Do you know what you are saying?
How would I dare to spout nonsense about such a hideous matter?
I saw everything with my own eyes.
None of it is a lie!
Go. Summon Prince here.
Yes.
Greetings, Your Highness.
Prince Yu, do you acknowledge your crime?
I do not know what crime I have committed.
Having an illicit affair with His Majesty's beloved concubine,
you have committed such a heinous crime.
Who can save you now?
Your Highness, please investigate this well!
Your Highness.
Ah Min, we've only had some small disagreements
and you have created such a lie!
Your Highness, she wants to coerce you to harm me.
This is ridiculous!
Fabrication? I can swear to the heavens, all I have said is true.
If you don't believe me, call Consort Han here and let her corroborate it in person.
Mother! Royal Father is now sick,
if he believes this to be true, wouldn't his illness get worse?
For her to do such a thing, this Pang Min clearly has other ulterior motives, Mother!
Mother, please settle this matter for me.
What did you just call me?
Mother.
My biological mother died during the rebellion.
You are now the sole female master of this palace,
naturally, you are my mother.
If even you would not defend me,
then there is nothing I can say in my own defense!
Mother, please help me.
You need not talk nonsense here, I will personally inform His Majesty.
We'll see how His Majesty will punish that demonic consort!
For such a small matter,
you created such a huge lie?
Seems like you are not worthy of being the Princess Consort.
Men. Drag her away.
Your Highness! Your Highness, don't!
Why are you being biased to him, Your Highness?
Your Highness!
Don't! Don't!
Your Highness!
Mother, how will you punish her?
Miss Pang
has asthma.
After inhaling some willow cotton fluff by accident,
the physicians in the palace were unable to treat her.
So she died.
Without Mother's help, I would truly have been wrongly accused.
I will never forget your grace and kindness!
If you want to be the Crown Prince, you must make some sacrifices.
Sacrifice?
Once word of you having an illicit affair with your stepmother gets out,
your future is ruined.
To kill one Pang Min is easy.
But to protect this secret,
there seems to be only one way.
I will accept Mother's instruction without any reservation.
Come. Call for Yin Xiaochun.
Yes.
This is the medicated wine you wanted.
Thank you for your efforts.
What's wrong?
Applying medication external is not helpful,
so I made a new oral medicine for internal healing.
This will be helpful in healing the Royal Descendant.
But everyday, he can only ingest this once.
- And each time, he can only drink half a wine cup. - Rest assured,
he won't overdose.
Every medicine has its side effects, you must remember.
[ Beneficence Spirit Palace ]
Your Highness, the consort is not feeling well today.
She is always like this. When she's happy she will see me,
when she's unhappy she chases me away.
I am already used to it.
Right, now that I think of it,
I have never asked for your name.
I am called Lü Zhu.
Lü Zhu?
Qionghua's mood changes quickly, and often scolds you.
It must be hard on you to cover for her.
With such looks yet you still have to be a servant and suffer.
Such a pity.
How about it? If you have the chance,
would you like to come and serve me?
If I serve you, aren't I still a servant?
That may not be true.
Your Highness, the consort is waiting for me.
I have to go.
Go then.
Consort, be careful!
You snuck out again?
How playful.
This is a treasure that I brought up from young, he is very cute and obedient.
Would you like to come touch him?
Let's go in.
[ Beneficence Spirit Palace ]
I ordered my men to cook some lamb meat and especially invited you over to try it.
Consort is too gracious.
I am not worthy of Consort's good grace.
I am flattered by your unexpected favor.
I hate people who wear fake masks the most. You shouldn't do that with me.
One shouldn't lack good manners.
Manners?
What is that?
I never know what that is.
The first time I saw you, I knew right away what kind of person you are.
You... Regardless of how good your pretense is on the surface,
you are fundamentally just like me.
How would I dare to compare myself to you?
Naturally, if people don't bother you,
you can still continue with the pretense.
But once they provoked you,
you will change into a tiger, and bite whoever you choose.
I invited you here because I like you.
If you still continue to pretend,
then get out of here right now.
Lu Zhu.
You probably don't know, in the past, I love to ride on a horse alone,
trotting around in the woods.
After I've hunted a game, I would roast it and eat it right there in the woods.
Accompanied with the strongest wine that would burn and warm my heart.
Those days were the best.
But now...
even though it is lively around me.
But are all living dead people.
Han's king doesn't care.
They want me to be like you.
Obedient and smiling. Well mannered and appropriate.
Even if the inside is not agreeable.
Even thru pretending, show the proper way.
But I am willing.
Even not willing to pretend a bit.
I am just me, a flower blooming the wild mountainside.
Blossoming into whatever I want to be.
Why should I become like the bonsai, letting others prune me as they wish.
Why?
Consort, you are drunk.
Haolan, tell me.
Do everyone like you ?
Do they all compliment you?
You...pretended so well.
You lied to everyone.
I think as them as lunatics. You think of them as idiots.
Qion Hua.
Consort, you drank too much. Have some detoxifying tonic?
Who drank too much? Get away.
Consort, just drink a little bit.
You should drink moderately, otherwise will hurt your body.
- Moderation? - Drink this.
If one can't enjoy to the fullest.
Even if I live to a hundred.
I wouldn't be happy.
Haolan, let me sing for you.
♫ The sounds of drum beats are loud ♫
♫ They encourage the soldiers to go to battle ♫
♫ The people stay within the city walls and canals ♫
♫ Only I alone travel to the south. ♫
♫ Led by General Sun Zizhong, ♫
♫ To mediate between the states of Chen and Song, ♫
♫ I am unable to return home for a long time, ♫
♫ It makes me very bitter and distressed. ♫
♫ I have a home at the camp. ♫
♫ My beloved horse is not tied up firmly and is missing. ♫
♫ Where do I find my beloved horse? ♫
♫ As it turns out, it is in the woods. ♫
♫ No matter if we are together or apart, dead or alive, ♫
♫ I'd once made an oath and promised you, ♫
♫ I'd held your hand tightly, ♫
♫ I'd promised to stay together forever. ♫
♫ How will I survive this separation? ♫. [ The Classic of Poetry: Ode of Bei State - Drum Beats. ]
Qiong Hua, you are sad?
Who says I am sad?
Those who are far from their native land.
Are usually sad.
Right.
This kind of sadness follows you.
Day and night.
I missed home.
Really missed home.
I also have a brother. We haven't seen each other for a long time.
I also missed him.
Haolan, I really really missed.
Look, great blooms of peony.
So beautiful.
Qiong Hua.
Quiong Hua.
Consort.
Li Haolan, what did you do?
Her Majesty is here.
What is wrong is Consort Han?
Consort... is dead.
It's she, Li Haolan killed consort.
Seize her.
Royal Descendant.
- Something happened. Royal Descendant. - What happened?
Your Highness, Consort Han was poisoned by Aconitum carmichaelii.
Aconitum carmichaelii?
Aconitum carmichaelii can dispel wind and dampness to cure arthritis.
It is often soaked in wine to make a medicine
But the raw Aconitum carmichaelii contains toxins.
When it's taken excessively, it is deadly.
How did we get this kind of poisoned wine in the palace?
I gave a bottle to the wife of Qin Royal Descendant yesterday.
Qin Royal Descendant is ill.
- The medicinal wine is for his illness. - Where was the poison found.
It was in the sobering tonic.
In front of everyone at Beneficence Spirit Palace,
how could I have poisoned the sobering tonic?
You were talking alone with Consort Han just now.
That must have been when you poisoned her.
In front of Consort Han?
She was drunk.
If you doubt me, just search me.
You already poured the poisonous medicine wine into the soup, what's left for evidence?
What did I use as the utensil?
Did I cup the poisonous wine within my palms to get here?
You could have frozen the wine to carry it.
There are a lot of methods as long as one intends to harm others.
Even if the herbal wine is poisonous.
Qin Royal Descendant also drank it.
Small amount is beneficial and will not cause harm.
Consort Han clearly drank excessive amount of aconite.
I don't even know that aconite is poisonous.
I've reminded you before.
But you've never told me that the herbal wine has aconite.
Don't argue back. You are the killer.
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~ Immortalization by Gao Yu'er ~
♫ Where have the surging clouds and the rising winds gone? ♫
♫ Do not grieve over the separation because of being forced to move and wander ♫
♫ In this lifetime, we will keep on seeking because of love ♫
♫ It’s difficult to reminisce about the splendid times that slipped away ♫
♫ In retrospection with a faint smile, that beautiful countenance caused the city's downfall ♫
♫ And a sweeping upheaval all across the vast nation ♫
♫ In a dimming dream of an illusionary bright moon ♫
♫ We have given our promises to each other in this lifetime ♫
♫ In the complete decline of prosperity, watching the passing of thousands of sails ♫
♫ With affection, perhaps we could wait to be connected again ♫
♫ Like the zither and the harp that play in perfect harmony, let’s grasp each other's hand to stay together ♫
♫ Wishing for you and me to be immortalized with the wind... ♫
♫ In retrospection with a faint smile, that beautiful countenance caused the city's downfall ♫
♫ And a sweeping upheaval all across the vast nation ♫
♫ In a dimming dream of an illusionary bright moon ♫
♫ We have given our promises to each other in this lifetime ♫
♫ In the complete decline of prosperity, watching the passing of thousands of sails ♫
♫ With affection, perhaps we could wait to be connected again ♫
♫ Like the zither and the harp that play in perfect harmony, let’s grasp each other's hand to stay together ♫
♫ Wishing for you and me to be immortalized with the wind... ♫