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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 45
Crown Prince was decreed by His Majesty to be his successor. He deserves your protection!
But you are helping Prince Zixi to commit a crime
and create disorder in Great Qin
and be despised by the people. Are you going to rebel?!
- Have you said enough? - Take him down!
- Zixi! - Take him down!
Who dares to take action!
Move aside or I will kill her now!
Withdraw!
Get lost!
The entire state is mourning for the Emperor. There's an imperial ban. Even if you take me as hostage, you won't be able to escape.
If I don't try, how would I know?
I didn't expect that when raising a hawk during peaceful time, it would peck my eyes!
If I had known earlier, I would have cut you to pieces!
I had known earlier that you are cold-blooded woman.
Prepare horses and provisions immediately. I want to leave Xianyang Palace now.
He's the only witness for the assassination of Royal Father.
You must not let him go. Release the arrows!
You dare to play with the life of the Empress?!
- Take action now! - Defying the Crown Prince's order is a death penalty!
What are you trying to do?
Are you going to close your eyes and let this killer go?
Kill him!
If I had known earlier, tonight, other than killing the Emperor of Qin,
I should have killed you too.
You...to me...
you are...
the most beautiful cold blooded...
woman...I have ever seen.
Everyone heard this. He personally confessed to the killing of His Majesty.
Prince, what else do you have to say?
Drag him out and expose his corpse for ten days.
Older Brother, you should be punished for hijacking the criminal.
Royal Father's demise was sudden and you were in deep grief. I won't pursue this further.
But if you persist in doing the wrong things, don't blame me for not taking into account our brotherhood.
He's already dead.
What else can I say?
I merely missed a move. I'm not that skillful like others.
Your Highness, the Crown Prince.
Congratulations.
Let's go.
General Bai, you have worked hard today. Go back and rest first.
Yes.
Follow me.
Come with me.
That scoundrel. He abandoned me midway.
When you capture him, you must skin him!
Why are you pacing up and down?
What happened that's making you restless?
Xiaochun, can you do an autopsy investigation?
What exactly happened tonight?
You want to know?
The murder of Royal Father.
Was it really done by the him?
Other than him, who else could it be?
For example...it's you.
It was really you. Huayang,
how could you bear to do that?
Since you have already guessed it,
why didn't you expose me?
If I were do that,
The death of Royal Father would create an eternal shroud of dirty haze.
As a son, how could I let him become the laughing stock in the kingdom?
Zichu, don't forget that
you are my son. This is a well-known fact.
If I fall,
those tigers and wolves will attack you.
You will never ascend to the throne.
Do you think your threat can hide the fears in you?
I will give Father his final dignity but that mean I will indulge in your betrayal.
Betrayal?
You said that the Emperor of Qin doted on me.
Do you know
what this signifies?
The kind of price I have to pay?
Other than the post of the Emperor of Great Qin,
what else don't you have?
What other complaints would you have?
Your Highness, what are you doing?
Zichu.
Look at the scars your father carved on my body.
The late king reigned for fifty-six years.
He simply wasted away the life of Prince Dao. When it came to your late father,
he looked forward every day to ascend to the throne.
He waited for fifteen years, and every day within this period,
he was trembling with fear and being very cautious, as if he was walking on thin ice.
He was greatly afraid that he would lose his place as the crown prince if he did something wrong that would cause the wrath of the late king.
When he was full of fears and hatred,
he would only vent it on my body!
If he didn't drink, he would dote on me.
If he drank, he would turn into the most scary demon in the world.
Once he's sober, he would turn into a submissive
and loving husband.
Look then, Zichu. Look at your great father's masterpiece!
You shouldn't kill him too.
It wasn't me!
I was only protecting myself! The real hypocrite was your father!
When the previous Emperor died, he was dancing in joy in the Great Hall.
He also pretended grieve
and forced me to be the evil person.
Why did he do this?
Just for the name of being the most filial son in the world and for everyone to praise him! I spit on that!
Lu Buwei.
Aren't you his most trusted aide in the kingdom?
Speak.
Why aren't you saying anything?
The weather is very cold. Your Highness, don't catch cold.
Your Highness.
I heard what happened just now.
So, I went to get a physician to examine the corpse of the King of Qin.
How dare you! Who allowed you-
The wound on his head wasn't the one that took his life.
The physician felt that it was due to the king being overly sorrowful and being chronically sick for a long time,
such that when he had a mouthful of phlegm stuck in his throat, that caused him his last breath and he died.
He wasn't killed by anyone?
Crown Prince, if you don't believe, you can examine again.
Chronically sick for a long time...?
Let you feign being a filial son to gain fame and solicit praises.
A well-deserved death! What a well-deserved death!
What are you two standing here for?
Matters of women should be handled by women.
Royal Father's funeral is waiting to be arranged. Hurry, go!
Wait. Where are you two going? Stand right there!
Mother.
Your attire needs to be straightened out.
If you rushed out in this manner, you will only taint your own reputation. Right?
Why do you have to be so unceasingly coercive?
Who actually is the one who's being unceasingly coercive?
Who do I confide my misery-filled heart in?
Aren't they intending to severely punish the murderer?
Then, I will let everyone know what kind of person Lord Anguo was.
We are very clear about that in our hears.
It wasn't an acute matter that caused the King of Qin his death. It was your disloyalty.
Everything Your Highness did was just to gain their pity and remorse.
After all, Your Highness
did give Zichu a great deal of help before.
I will use this gratitude to exchange for my eternal silence.
In a very short time,
you were able to think of such a method. Your Highness is a truly extraordinay person.
People would call those men with hearts full of wild ambitions vying for power and the throne as being full of vitality.
Unrestrained debauchery was simply a matter for a laugh.
But, look at that Empress Dowager Xuan.
She assisted her young crown prince to defeat the city of Yi Qu.
She was a capable Regent who governed well for forty-one years.
In the end, she unexpectedly fell into infamy for being a corrupt woman politician.
Yes.
I did find myself a lover and enraged the King of Qin so much that it caused his death.
But, compared to those murderous siblings with wild schemes to seize the throne,
I am way below par.
If tonight, the Emperor of Qin insults you while being drunk,
and you struggle and kill him, I will applaud you for having valor.
But Your Highness knows very well what exactly happened tonight.
Your Highness, from Zhao state till Qin state,
there are starving refugees everywhere.
As a royalty-, you think about nothing except personal amusements and family wealth.
What did you do for the people?
If you were really like Empress Dowager Xuan who stabilized the political situation of Qin state,
and created an outstanding feat, I will drink to commend you.
But with due respect, with your manner,
you are not fit to be compared with Empress Dowager Xuan.
- Crown Prince's wife! - Enough, Your Highness.
At this point, you should step back.
At this last moment, take responsibility as the mother of the country
and send off the Emperor of Qin on his last journey.
If you create troubles again,
I will get someone to send you to the busy streets and let you cry till you have enough.
Let's see whether the people of Qin state will sympathize with a woman who killed her husband for passion.
Don't forget.
Whatever Zichu can't do, I can.
I'm taking my leave.
- Your Highness. - What's wrong?
You still haven't finished lecturing me?
I don't know how the Emperor of Qin felt
but that palace music teacher perhaps truly loved you.
You are spouting nonsense!
I have never gotten him, even for a single day or an hour.
Perhaps, he already had insight on your ruthlessness
but he still sacrificed his life for you.
A pity that
in your heart, he's just a toy for you play with and vent your anger at.
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[ Huayang Gate ]
For the time being, nothing will happen to Her Highness.
Let's make arrangements for the funeral first.
You have worked hard.
[ Huayang Gate ]
I heard that you were at Huayang Palace tonight too.
It was a coincidence.
Coincidence?
[ Huayang Gate ]
How has Ling'er been doing?
Other than throwing tantrums, everything is well.
This younger sister of mine is unruly. She doesn't listen to my advice too.
There's no use crying over spilled milk. I hope you will treat her kindly.
You know how to worry about your younger sister. Why don't you plan for yourself too?
What plans would I have?
It's nothing else except to lead the army into battle and do my duties.
When the Emperor of Qin took away the title of Wu Anjun and forced him out of Xianyang,
he didn't confiscate his family wealth and land.
It was humiliating. Don't you want to take revenge and redeem yourself?
If you didn't think of doing so, why would you listen
to my fragmented words and rushed back to Xianyang during the night?
How do I take revenge and redeem my humiliation?
As a military commander, of course, it was humiliating.
When will I get the opportunity?
Once news of the mourning of the Emperors of Qin state is relayed to the six states,
the opportunity that you wanted, it's right in front of you.
Your Highness, Lord Lu is here.
Greetings, Crown Prince. I have an urgent military situation.
The Monarch of Eastern Zhou sent a special envoy
for the mourning of the Emperor of Qin and to create internal disorders.
They are lobbying several states to attack us.
Combine and attack us?
I have already barred the leakage of any information. How did the information spread out that fast?
The situation is critical. Please ascend to the throne immediately,
Royal Father just passed away. If I ascend to the throne now, I fear that...
Filial piety is divided into filial piety for the commoners and filial piety for the princes.
When the son of a commoner puts on mourning clothes, expresses his condolences to his elder and guards the tomb,
this is known as filial piety.
A monarch of a country should presides over state affairs and calm the hearts of the peopl
in order to comfort the souls and ancestors of the Qin dynasties.
When Qin state encounters a war,
the Emperor should appoint a General to resist the coalition forces.
As to whether it's right or not, is there a precedent for a prince to issue such orders in the kingdom?
If you want to deploy the army, you need to ascend to the throne first.
Crown Prince, please ascend to the throne immediately.
Bow to His Majesty.
Congratulations to His Majesty for ascending to the throne. Long live the Emperor.
Long live the Emperor.
[ Huayang Palace ]
Zichu went back on his words. He's evil.
Older Sister, you must not indulge in him.
What happened?
Zichu issued a decree to appoint Lu Buwei as a minister.
He also venerated his birth mother, Xiaji, as the Empress Dowager and applied this to his older sister too.
He forgot to be grateful. He's shameless.
These scoundrels! We should have agreed to their terms and cast them away!
Look at you who can't even be the second in command.
And you still want to be the Minister of the six states?
How can you be compared to Rang Hou? [ renowned Prime Minister during the Warring states ]
Don't think that I didn't know that
you have been flirting with Lu Buwei and have already hooked up with him?
No wonder you are helping to speak up for him now.
So disrespectful.
If it weren't for your two older sisters,
you would have been a herdsman outside Xianyang city!
If you continue to be presumptuous, I will let you go back to where you started from.
I was rude. Please don't be angry. I admit my mistake.
I think this is unfair to the Empress Dowager.
Empress Dowager! Elder Sister, in the past, Zichu has been very obedient.
I didn't expect that everything was a lie and scheme.
The late king has just died, but he is already a changed person and is ignoring us.
At the imperial court session this morning, he actually let Zhao Ji sit at the same level as you, Elder Sister.
Starting from today, in the imperial court,
I'm afraid there will no longer be any foothold left for our Mi clan!
Older sister, you can't just sit and do nothing.
Zichu is indeed one who repays gratitude of debts with resentment, and who breaks faith and abandons righteousness in betrayal.
Instead, I want to see
how long he can retain his post as the Emperor of Qin.
Mother.
Zichu.
Son.
My son.
Everyone, leave.
For the past eight years,
every time, when I'm here to visit you, you didn't want to see me.
I thought that
you didn't want to see me again.
Foolish child, you are my only hope.
How could I not love you?
It's just that Huayang was too powerful and also because of your future,
you acknowledged her as your mother.
You shouldn't be close to me.
Mother, starting from today, I will visit you every day.
I want to wait upon you and ensure your enjoyment in your senior years.
All right...
This is...
These are the old clothes of the late king.
I have been hoping every day and waiting every night.
Unexpectedly, when the end is near, I actually could not see him.
Mother.
Empress Dowager!
Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, I beg the both of you to be merciful.
Don't let Chenjiao and I separate.
I'm begging you!
- I, your servant slave, beg you. - Quick, get up.
What's going on?
His Majesty has sent an imperial order to have every beauty in the inner chambers, including their spouses,
be all repatriated out of the palace.
Empress Dowager, I don't want to. Don't separate Chenjiao and I.
If you separate us, I will knock my head and die.
Your Majesty, I'm begging you.
Zichu, why do you want to repatriate all the womenfolk out of the palace?
Mother, these women were mostly bestowed upon me by the late king and Empress Dowager Huayang.
Even Royal Brother had bestowed upon me, too.
I sent my men to inquire and only then did I realize that the two of them were engaged to be married,
three of them were brought here by force, and five of them voluntarily opted to leave the palace.
So I rewarded them with a lot of gold pieces and also separately arranged their marriage.
Come here.
What about Siluo? Siluo gave birth to Chenjiao for you.
Does she also have to be repatriated with the rest?
Mother, you blamed me wrongly.
Siluo is Empress Dowager Huayang's closest confidante-cum-niece.
Not to say that there's a Chenjiao, because even if there isn't,
how would your son repatriate her out of the palace?
It's just that the palace where she lives in is old and needs some renovation.
I'm letting you relocate to a new palace. That's all.
But... But those people
started packing and moving stuff without any proper explanation.
I asked them and they wouldn't reply.
It's such a small matter and you dare to disturb the Empress Dowager.
It's clear that you lack good morals and good conduct. Go back and reflect upon your shortcomings.
Yes. I have committed a sin.
Empress Dowager, please forgive me.
Leave now. Bring Chenjiao along with you to the palace tomorrow.
Yes.
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You...
Son, what's wrong?
Relocate to a new palace? I'm afraid that's to have her be as far away from you as possible. Right?
Don't think that I didn't know.
How dignified, elegant and stately you've spoken.
Isn't it for the sake of your new Empress?
Mother, please do no misunderstand Haolan.
She had nothing to do with this.
Even if we take into account of the birth history of those women,
I wouldn't keep them long by my side too.
To add further, Haolan is filial. She visited you when she first came to the Qin palace.
Although you refused to see her, she still came every day to offer her greetings outside the palace.
How would that be thoughtless?
As for that Siluo,
Before Lady Huayang and I got into this state of disharmony, when has she ever appeared?
Such a person who hastily ingratiates toward power and influence, you don't have to bother about her, Mother.
All right, I didn't even blame her. What are you worried about?
But, you are now the Emperor of Qin,
you must not be overly doting on your beloved concubine.
I don't wish to see another appearance of a despotic and arrogant Empress Dowager Huayang.
Mother, Haolan and Huayang are two different persons.
That's because
she hasn't experienced authority and power yet.
Your Highness, Empress Dowager is not feeling well. There's no need to visit her.
I will come back tomorrow.
Empress comes here everyday but Empress Dowager refuses to see her at all.
Yet, they never have any change in their facial expression.
Frankly, she's blind and doesn't know what's going on.
How dare you. Who says you can talk about her this way?
I'm merely discontented on your behalf.
Whoever the Empress Dowager wants to see, it's up to her.
If you dare to spout nonsense again, I won't go easy on you.
Yes.
Let's go.
Empress Dowager, does the strength suits you?
Your hands are gentle and skillful.
Being massaged by you this way,
all my pains and aches have disappeared.
Empress Dowager, Her Highness has gone back.
[ Yongmen Palace ]
Six grams of Angelica, nine grams of Red Sage Roots, nine grams of Safflower.
These salt packets, after they are smoked in high temperature,
they can relieve pain and dampness when they are applied on the joints.
But she regards you as an outsider
and you still visit her every day?
It's proper etiquette to be filial to your mother.
After finishing your official duties and showing filial piety to your mother-in-law,
you supervise Zheng'er lessons.
What are you going to do next?
The Emperor of Qin has sent someone to invite you twice to go back.
In the past, he was indifferent to you for eight years in Zhao state.
He summons you to go back that easily. How can it be that easy?
Haolan, I have been here for a long time.
You have never shown me around the palace of the Emperor of Qin. I want to go.
Alright, I will bring you there.
I will take you there tomorrow.
Tell that Emperor that the Empress is not available.
Let him summon someone else.
Yes.
So how?
Your Majesty, don't wait anymore. I just went to Yongmen Palace.
Her Highness has gone with Physician Yin to view the flowers.
What about tomorrow?
I guess she won't be available too.
Physician Yin spends the day with Her Highness, chatting and viewing the flowers.
She sleeps on the couch in the evening and chats with her in candlelight.
Your Majesty, please have your meal first.
How is General Bai's injury?
I invited the Imperial Physician to treat him. The residual of the poison has not been cleared yet.
The General's pain is unbearable, causing physical and mental discomforts.
Physician Yin avoids seeing him. General Bai is very courageous
but he dares not trespass into Her Highness' bed chamber.
This fish soup is not bad.
- Why is it so cold? - I deserve to die. Please don't be angry.
Leave.
Looking at Zichu who became the Emperor of Qin state, how do you feel?
Looking the woman whom you hate the most, became the Empress,
how do you feel?
Zixi, I already told you that I could help you.
You refused and insisted on controlling me.
Now that you have lost, you still haven't learned your lessons.
When Empress Dowager Xuan was the Regent, Grandfather waited for forty one years.
Grandfather lived a long life. Father waited for fifteen years.
Your patience is lacking.
If the Crown Prince was unable to hold back and grieve,
even if he waited for fifteen years, your father wouldn't have become the Emperor of Qin.
The time, place and person are fated.
Do you have that much faith in me?
Let me help you.
- No. - Why?
You are a woman.
Empress Dowager Xuan was also a woman. Times have changed and the world is different. A woman could even be in power for forty years.
Why can't you let me help you to plan and seize power?
The soldiers of Great Qin are now going to battle.
for their mothers and wives so that they can have peace.
Women are naturally weak. They need men to protect them.
Charging and breaking into enemy's line is not for you.
It's a fallacy.
Okay, stop creating troubles.
Prince, Empress Dowager Huayang issued an invitation to you.
See, the woman who helped you is here.
Be good and prevent miscarriage. Don't be stubborn again.
If not, don't even think of leaving here.
It's strange listening to you.
[ Yongmen ]
Physician Yin, you are lying face down.
Lying on the stomach is still more comfortable.
You...one look at you and I can tell that Haolan taught you.
Did you know, when I was in Handan,
we shared the same room. At every turn,
we can't stand in the middle of the door. When we walked, we can't step on the threshold.
When we sleep, we must lie sideways. We can't sprawl on our backs.
Also, when I returned to treat the elder,
I yawned inadvertently and was nagged by her for half an hour.
- Where is she? - Her Highness has gone to visit the Crown Prince.
She will be back later. Physician Yin, you can sleep first.
You can leave then.
Put me down!
Xiaochun.
Where's Xiaochun?
Bai Zhong still has residual of the poison. How can he make the trip?
They could only come personally to invite Physician Yin to treat him.
Now?
She didn't even had time to say goodbye.
That's what I said too.
I told Xiaochun to bid farewell to you first before she leaves
but she insisted on leaving immediately.
I couldn't stop her.
Come with me.
His Majesty is busy with official matters. Her Highness is in-charge of every little things in the palace.
She also needs to meet the Etiquette ladies every day and has no time to pay attention to him.
You personally cooked this honey rice. His Majesty will be extremely happy.
As long as he takes a bite, I will be happy.
It's such a coincidence. His Majesty is not in the palace.
Is he at the Hall working at this time?
Well...I dare not ask about His Majesty's whereabouts.
Why don't you come back another day?
Respectfully sending My Lady off.
Where are you taking me?
Sshhh. Keep quiet.
Duckweed?
"Here long, there short, is the duckweed. To the left, to the right, borne about by the current"
"The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady. Waking and sleeping, he sought her".
Your Highness, take a look, quick.
Peach branch?
I know. "The peach tree is young and elegant. Brilliant are its flowers".
"This young lady is going to her future home. And will order well her chamber and house '"
It's China roots. It's flying up. What does it mean?
"There are mountains and mountains."
"Who thinks about the cloud? Western beauty."
Your Majesty is passionate.
It's so beautiful.
Haolan, happy birthday.
Are you looking for this?
Why is it with you?
The carving on the hairpin is crude. I inlaid it with precious stones and pearls.
Doesn't it look better now?
Who allowed you to enter the study?
Who let you act arbitrarily?
I hired the best jewelry craftsman in Xianyang for you.
You don't like it? I will tell him to restore it then.
Move aside.
Why are you so fierce?
I did this out of good intention.
Yes, you have good intentions.
You have good intentions till you did everything.
You didn't ask me whether I wanted to marry you.
You said and did everything according to your wishful thinking.
You are living inside your own beautiful dream.
Are you treating me badly
because I ignored how you felt and secretly asked to marry you without your permission?
Or is it because you have someone else in your heart?
Don't think that I don't know anything.
Today is the birthday of Her Highness. You bought this hairpin
just to gift her, right?
So what if you didn't know?
So what if you knew too?
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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... ♫