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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 ♫k
♫ 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 44
Did he also tell you that, at tonight's banquet,
His Majesty has granted Madam Bai's wish regarding Lu Buwei?
Lu Buwei is talented in books and martial arts. He has a bright future too.
I wonder how many people tried to match make him since he came to Qin state.
They have all been declined. He kept using the using his deceased wife as his shield.
But we know who's in his heart.
As for you, you married Zichu
and has been sincere and loyal to your husband.
But Zichu, because of the position for the Emperor of Great Qin, not only did he marry Si Luo.
He even had a child with her.
By defending Zhao here, you have become the laughingstock.
He's the Crown Prince of Great Qin but you are Li Haolan.
You are noble and virtuous and said that you wanted to seek fairness and equality.
You witnessed your husband taking in a concubine and siring a child.
If it were others, she can accept it but can you? You can't.
On the surface, you seem magnanimous but in your heart, you have petty thoughts.
You were unable to accept infidelity.
The current you, why did you change now?
What do you think?
Zichu abandoned you first and is disloyal to you.
Cheng Yu is a political threat to the Crown Prince.
You really don't have any resentments?
Now, you are going to see your old lover getting married.
Is it very hard for you to accept?
Are you regretting that you have chosen the wrong person?
If, at first, you have chosen Lu Buwei,
you wouldn't be in this state now.
Do you know about the past history of the previous Empress
and what happened?
I don't want to listen.
I have always thought that the former Empress was cold and without any emotions.
Till that moment when I realized that she invested in love.
She loved your father but not herself.
The deeper the love is, the deeper the hatred is.
Her monstrous hatred has been hidden for ten years
till it finally burned and destroyed herself.
Looking at that scenerio, I swore to myself,
whom I should love, it's not others but myself.
If he treats me well, he's my husband.
One day, if he doesn't treats me well, I will turn around and leave.
The former Lu Buwui is the current Zichu.
No one else is an exception.
I want to tell you to treasure yourself too and stop wasting your youth again.
Dream on.
My life has been turned into a mess by the three of you.
There's no returning back.
Do you think I will let the three of you live?
What are you trying to do?
I dare to bet that, when Zichu betrayed you,
you don't care about him anymore.
Your patience and living in seclusion is in order to be the Empress of Qin state
and also let your son be the Emperor of Qin.
Look, I know you better than those men.
It's just that between the both of us,
who can be the Empress of Great Qin?
Lu Buwei.
Lord Lu, what are you doing?
Don't call me this.
Don't forget your identity.
Don't forget where we are now too.
I don't want to listen to this kind of crap.
It can't be that you didn't know
how many years I have been waiting for you?
But you are in front of me now.
I must be indifferent and
be your old friend.
I heard about your coming marriage.
That Miss Bai can let go of her restrains and pride
to love you at all costs.
Lu Buwei. If you marry her, you will be happy.
Happy?
You distinctly know that I love you.
Many years have passed and I still love you.
During your moments of great pains,
my heart was like a knife and kept missing you.
As for him, he kept embracing and replacing beautiful women.
Has he ever thought of you?
You want to go back to him now. Is this fair to me?
What do you want me to do?
Set aside everything and leave with you?
Just because Zichu betrayed me?
Must I be like him? Is that so?
Lu Buwei, you are always like this.
You kept repeating what you want and what you would do.
In your heart,
power and status has always been your first priority.
You abandoned me time after time.
Just because I abandoned you once, your heart can't accept it.
You brooded for eight years.
The one you love, it's not me.
It's yourself.
You doubt me that much?
In your eyes, I did this for self respect.
That's why I waited so long, right?
Please remember.
I'm now the wife of the Crown Prince of Qin.
I'm Zheng'er's mother.
Between the both of us now,
the association has been lost a long time ago.
Wife of the Crown Prince of Qin, mother of Zheng'er?
But do you love Zichu?
Tell me, do you love him?
Release me.
Release me!
Tell me. Speak!
Are you sober now?
You...and I and Ying Zichu.
We didn't survive because of love.
He wants to be the Emperor of Qin, you want power over the six states.
As for me...
What do you want?
In the past, I wanted respect.
I wanted equality.
I wanted to seek justice for myself.
I did all these.
Fanya just asked me if I wanted to be the Empress of Qin.
I'm telling you now. Why not?
Haolan, you are wrong.
We didn't lose our association. We are a pair made in heaven.
No matter where or when, I will always be your ally.
Don't even think about freeing yourself from me in your lifetime.
Today, I will swear that,
sooner or later, you will return to my embrace.
[ Feathery Sun Palace ]
Ya'er, don't leave.
Don't leave.
Don't leave, Ya'er.
What are you doing?
Who were you calling? Who did you dream of?
I didn't. It's just a dream.
I personally heard you calling a woman's name.
Who is she?
What woman's name? What has it to do with you?
You are too tyrannical. You even need to control what I dream.
I want to control it.
My father is now being detained.
You have another woman in your heart. I won't let you talk this way.
Zixi, do you think that without Fanya, you can get rid of me?
Let me tell you. Dream on.
Fang family clan holds many of your secrets.
Pulls the bridge after crossing the river. Aren't you worry you might have wasted your efforts?
Royal father's natural disposition is kind.
If teacher initiate the resignation, then he can keep his life.
Resign first?
That's right.
Father plotted in Qin for many years,
at then end it's all wasted effort.
I don't understand, he is normally calm and level headed.
How can he have no ability to ward off the blows?
He was suspected by Wei King before. Suffered much and barely escaped alive.
It was not easy that he kept his life.
But unexpectedly similar matter repeat in his older years again.
To him, that is such a huge blow.
Completely makes one lose their state of mind. Totally discouraged.
With him in trouble, its like I lose an arm.
Truly killing without seeing blood.
is known as exposing and accusing that person of their thoughts and intentions.
Tell me, who came up with this idea?
Lu Buwei?
Don't rush. Wait...then wait more.
One day, I will tidy all of them up.
Father.
Jiao'er. Listen to me
Jiao'er, stop.
I haven't seen him for over half a year now. I really missed him.
Mother, why doesn't father come see me?
Jiao'er, be good, father is busy with official affairs.
Try to behave well and don't bother him. Okay?
Jiao'er, as long as you keep up your studies and practice your sword.
Father will definitely come see you. All right?
- My shot went in. -Again.
That is father.
Jiao'er.
Keep your hand steady. Aim for it.
Good.
That's pretty good.
Come.
Jiao'er.
You lied to me. All of you lied to me.
Jiao'er.
Bailing'er, what are you doing?
You are back?
I am asking you. Exactly what are you doing?
I picked some orchids to make a fragrant pouch for you. Smell this.
Do you know how much effort it took me to grow these exotic species?
Now all destroyed by you.
I only picked a few blooms, how is it destroyed?
From now on, do not pick my orchids. Or else leave my Lu residence immediately.
Lu Buwei, can you not speak with reason?
Get out of Lu Residence ? I am already married to you.
I am the mistress of this place.
Where else can go to?
Master spend a lot of money to collect these from all over. This is not meant to be touched.
- What is wrong with your hand? - I cut it by accident.
You shouldn't pick these blooms in the future. All right?
Why is a man cultivating all these flowers for?
It's not for himself. These are for the palace.
To the palace?
We've been married for so long. Never saw him dedicated like this to me.
That's right. When I first went to seek grace from the Emperor of Qin,
I hurt his self esteem.
But I'm working very hard to please him now.
What did you do?
I did a lot.
I helped him to tidy his books, learn to cook,
and also helped him with managing the housework.
In the past, my older brothers and elders said that I was childish.
Subsequently, I learned all these.
Moreover, I'm doing very well now
but he still says that I'm just like a kid.
Tell me. Does he like that kind of matured women?
The kind just like the wife of Marquis Xuan?
Glamorous, dazzling
and also a bit of...
You are thinking too much. If Master likes her type,
she would have been his wife a long time ago.
How would it be your turn, right?
That's right too.
What you said, makes sense.
Lu Buwei only has official duties in his heart. As long as I keep doing things for him,
he will take notice of me one day.
Oh no. I forgot about the soup that's being cooked in the kitchen.
Your Majesty.
Why are you sitting here alone and unhappy?
Do you know?
I don't know why
for the past two days, Huayang...
I say, Lu Buwei. You are too much.
This is where you are at fault. I let you get married recently.
At this moment, you should be at home
keeping company with your wife. Isn't that so?
Why are you here?
Talking about this, Fanju kept creating rumors.
That's why I killed Bai Qi.
You must keep her company on my behalf.
I know that Your Majesty has been looking for a treasure.
I dedicate this to you.
What treasure would you have?
I don't cherish it.
My treasure warehouse has everything in this world.
He's Jade Disc?
Many years ago, the Emperor of Zhao gave this to his beloved concubine.
When Handan was defeated during the war and in the midst of it,
He's Jade Disc landed up among the common people. It was bought by me at a high price.
Excellent!
That year, my father used all efforts and couldn't obtain this.
I didn't expect that it will be in my hand and back in Qin state.
Excellent!
Your Majesty, since the mourning period, the Empress has been thinking of ways to make you happy.
But you have been depressed and isolated yourself.
Why don't you deliver this to Huayang Palace
and make the Empress smile?
Lu Buwei, who said that you are always working for the public?
You are always so serious.
When you want to ask for favors from a woman, you must spare no efforts!
Excellent! I'm very delighted.
Mark this. If Huayang gives a big smile, I will remember your great merit!
Telling you to bathe me is causing you to be scared like a quail. Am I that scary?
If you don't look at me again, I'm going to dig out your eyes.
Come here.
My treasure collection just happens to lack something.
I really can't figure it out.
The Qin Queen wants you to be her lover.
But you are always declining with all sorts of reasons.
What are you afraid of? Afraid to die?
Do you know why I entered the palace?
Want to change my fate.
Want to change my sister and my family clan's fate.
I don't want to sleep inside a worn out blanket anymore.
Also don't want to see old stinky foods.
Even more so don't want to see other people looking down on me.
I want to get al the best things in the world.
Depending on the favor of a men.
Why not?
Lord Anguo became the King thru his royal bloodline.
Those men who fights in the battlefield.
Depend on their body and physical power.
They all depend on what the God gave them to obtain their heart's desires.
Why can't women do the same?
That is false reasoning.
Are you kneeling in front of me now
and using rights from wrongs?
The efforts that I spent on you
surpasses the Emperor of Qin.
But the returns that the Emperor of Qin gave is far exceeding.
This makes me unhappy, extremely unhappy.
I'm losing my patience soon.
[Huayang Palace]
Huayang! I brought a treasure for you!
Huayang, come and take a look.
Bastard!
Bastard! Bastard! Bastard!
Bastard!
- Bastard! Slut! - Your Majesty.
What do you want to say?
Slut!
I doted on you and kept forgiving you.
I will kill you this time.
I want you to die!
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty. Your Majesty!
Your Majesty...
Your Highness, His Majesty is dead.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty!
Empress Huayang.
Your Majesty!
What's going on?
It was him. He sneaked into my palace to peek at me when I was bathing and tried to take advantage of me.
He didn't expect to encounter His Majesty. He was shocked
and killed His Majesty. Arrest him now!
Take him away.
Empress, tell the truth.
- Take him away. - Let's go.
Help me now!
That person killed His Majesty!
Empress, take care.
Based on the law in Qin state, even if the assassin wanted to assassinate His Majesty in the court,
he must have a trial first before he can be proven guilty.
To add further, regarding the demise of His Majesty,
Xianyang Palace is waiting for you to preside over this situation.
Empress Huayang has issued the decree to immediately seal off Xianyang Palace.
- The news must not leak out. I'm notifying the Crown Prince. - Yes.
Haolan.
Come and comb my hair.
I'm busy with your task now.
I'm not done reading the letters for today.
Your Highness, let me do it instead.
Haolan.
Haolan, I...
When you will return to sleep with me again?
Once Yongmen Palace is repaired, I will go back to the palace.
I will return to your sleeping chamber then.
But I want to sleep here today.
I can't do anything then.
Am I going to make you suffer by sleeping on the floor?
You! Move my pillows here today.
Yes.
- Just lay them down. No need to trouble my wife. Go now! - Yes.
Your Highness, the Crown Prince. His Majesty is dead.
Leave.
Don't hug me. I'm not interested in you.
Who wants to hug you? You are an evil killer.
I led the army to attack Handan. Countless of Zhao people died under my hand.
It's fine if you hate me but if you want to kill me,
there are plenty of opportunities.
- I'm a physician. - What are you trying to do again?
- I'm also from Zhao state. - Your contradiction is a joke.
You didn't want to add poison in the medicines.
You wanted to use a knife to kill me instead.
In your next life.
General! General!
There's a secret report from Xianyang.
Rush back to Xianyang immediately.
- What are you doing?! You are my life-saving medicine. How can I leave you behind?
- Release me! - Be honest.
I'm leaving with her first. Catch up with the army immediately.
Yes.
Not a single piece looks good.
Okay, okay. If you don't want to try it, don't.
Hurry! Hurry!
What's that noise outside? Help me to go see.
Princess Consort, the Prince told me to not let you out before he left.
Princess Consort.
What is the meaning of this? Locking me in?
The Prince ordered for you to wait patiently.
You!
Princess Consort, you are pregnant so the Prince was worried that if you wandered around outside it would affect your pregnancy.
That's why he wanted us to guard you. Please just wait patiently.
If there is any news outside, I will be the first to notice you.
He won't let me know anything! He obviously doesn't trust me.
Close the door!
Go!
The Queen's order. No trespassing.
Why are you flustered?!
Father. Father!
You really just left like this.
Father. I've come too late.
Why didn't you wait for me?
Today, I was still listening to your teachings.
That night, I was already separated from you between the heavenly realm and the mortal world.
Father. You leaving like this
is devastating to me.
My heart is in pain, Father.
Prince is over-grieving. The behavior lacks elegance.
Please return and rest.
No need!
Queen Dowager Huayang. I want to ask you.
Why did father pass away in your palace?
Who killed him?
I will make sure that person is chopped into a thousand pieces.
How presumptuous!
Royal Father was suddenly murdered, as a son
it is reasonable that you are grieving.
But don't forget, the person in front of you is Royal Father's wife. The Queen of the Qin State.
Who allowed you to talk like this to mother.
It is unfilial!
Zichu, stop being pretentious.
Since royal father passed away, you are now the new king of the State of Qin.
You must be in a hurry to get me to stay quiet now, right?
What a whole bunch of nonsense.
The demise of His Majesty was just relayed.
In order to prevent people from panicking, we can only tell them that the king died from an illness.
We have to tell this to the citizens and also all the kings of other states.
You are making a scene here. Do you want the whole Xianyang palace to know
that something strange happened to the king?
Yes! I want the whole world to know.
In order to take over the throne, Zichu
teamed up with Queen Dowager Huayang to murder the King of Qin.
Zixi, you are rebellious and not filial!
I'm rebellious and not filial?
Okay. Then let me ask you.
You randomly found a music teacher
And said it was the person that murdered father.
Do you think that will block the mouths of everyone?
Father trained in martial arts since he was young. He was brave and powerful.
Why could he lose to a music teacher without the strength to truss a chicken?
Are you worried that Father, who just like Grandfather who lived long,
would hinder your ascension to the throne?
You are his biological son. You killed him.
How is that different from being a beast?!
You say that I'm the one that murdered Royal Father.
Where's the evidence?
Evidence?
If you want evidence, you can just ask this woman.
Queen Dowager Huayang. When it happened,
why was no one guarding the Huayang palace?
What's with the hidden music teacher and the taking of advantage?
Father lost and was unfortunately killed.
You were the only one that said it.
Do you see?
Do you hear?
Prince, why the rush? Wait till the music teacher is on trial and everything will come to light.
Lü Buwei, you have a good idea.
But you're wrong.
Do you think I would give you a chance to escape from your criminal charge?
Come. Bring the person here.
Yes.
Kneel down.
Queen Dowager Huayang. Look carefully, who is this?
Zixi, you hijacked a criminal of the court. You are being bold.
Lü Buwei, I think you spared this person
because you want to use him to threaten Queen Dowager Huayang in the future.
But you didn't expect that when the mantis is stalking the cicada, it's unaware that the oriole is behind it.
You guys had malicious intent, so I had to prepare a plan.
[ Xianyang Palace ]
Zixi, you should be punished for hijacking a criminal of the court!
I only want to find father's real murderer.
I will bear all the responsibilities.
Handsome boy, regarding what happened today,
Only you and Huayang know the truth.
Tell the truth and get rid of your criminal charge.
Handsome boy, you must think carefully.
This woman is only using you as a scape goat.
If you don't tell the truth,
then you will really become the murderer of the King of Qin.
Admitting this is a punishment of being torn to pieces by horses.
Your highness is starting to make up stories in order to get the throne.
You don't believe in your mother or brother, but you believe in a prisoner.
He is a prisoner, in order to keep his life he will tell any kind of lies.
These type of people have no value.
Only by handing him over the the court to be tried, the truth will be known.
Lü Buwei, are you feeling guilty?
The matters of the state of Qin will be dealt with according to the law.
No matter what the truth is, we will leave it to the minister to judge.
You and I are not authorized to handle this.
Men, take him to the prison.
Who dares!
Senior Brother, you bribed the palace guards. What's your intention?
I am only doing to this to find father's real murderer.
Men, take everyone here in the hall for interrogation.
Find out who the real murderer is.
Yes.
Bai Zhong, why are you here?
I am here to protect his highness.
Shouldn't you be out there cleaning up the roving rebels?
Why are you in Xianyang Palace?
You entered the palace without being ordered.
Looking at it, you are working together with them.
Together in this conspiracy, right?
Lü Buwei, tell brother why General Bai is here.
I dedicated the He's Jade Disc to His Majesty today.
It was the treasure that the deceased Emperor wanted and couldn't obtain.
And which has finally been returned to Qin state.
His Majesty was preparing to deliver it to the former Emperor's tomb to console him.
It is a big responsibility, so of course I have to pick someone that is suitable for it.
Hence, I relayed His Majesty's instruction in the night
to order General Bai to return to Xianyang immediately.
You found a good reason.
But don't think that I would be scared just because you called Bai Zhong to come back.
Bai Zhong is in the conspiracy together with them.
It's a good thing you came. Take them all down!
Wait! You are all soldiers of the state of Qin.
Your responsibility is to protect the state.
The Crown Prince was decreed by His Majesty as his successor. He deserves to be protected bu you!
But you are helping Prince Zixi to commit crimes
and create disorder in Great Qin
and be despised by the people. Are you going to rebel?!
Have you said enough?
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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... ♫