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♫ The far and long roads, the man I miss is at a distant place ♫
♫ Seeking the truth in heaven and on earth, opening up the words deep in my heart, not looking back ♫
♫ Thinking of a beautiful woman, if one's heart could be fragrant ♫
♫ Thinking of a beautiful woman, desolate like the moon ♫
♫ I worry, when can I appreciate the grasses and flowers with a beautiful woman ♫
♫ The ancient people didn't have time to leave some Yimoxiang (a type of plant) ♫
♫ Thinking of a beautiful lady, heart becoming fragrant on its own ♫
♫ Thinking of a beautiful lady, fragrant dreams ♫
♫ The whole world is drunk, one's whole life just follows the blue water ♫
♫ I'll drive and go away for an adventure, flying as I want to in the nine skies ♫
Song of Phoenix
Episode 49
You agreed last time to wed with me by dusk, but how come you changed your mind midway? - Li Sao (The Grievances) by Qu Yuan
Prime Minister, you needn't worry at all.
With me, Chu Li Ji, here,
I'll kill one when one comes.
If two come, I'll kill a pair.
General Wei is to lead two forces tomorrow to guard Han Gu Pass.
Remember this. Defeat is not allowed.
Victory is not allowed either.
The remaining forces are to retreat thirty li (~15 km/9 mi).
Prime Minister, why are you telling us to retreat?
Didn't we agree we are to guard the pass?
I am telling you to feign defeat. It doesn't mean for you to lose for real.
But to retreat . . .
Have General Wei lead the folks to retreat instead.
I, Chu Li Ji, in my lifetime,
I've never known the meaning of retreat.
General Chu Li.
In this army tent, do your words count,
or do the words of this Prime Minister count?
Who will spearhead tomorrow's battle?
Chu Nation's military power is the strongest. Furthermore, General Qu Gai is the bravest of all men.
So I believe,
General Qu Gai is the best suited to spearhead.
A bunch of cowards scared of death. You are just too scared to spearhead.
Stop wasting words here.
Alliance Commander, I am willing to spearhead.
Great. Great Marshall Qu is indeed the glorious hero of our Chu.
Tomorrow, I will personally command our great Chu army to take over Han Gu Pass.
General Zhang, you take an army to guard our base.
You other generals, spread and be on standby.
Yes, Sir.
Commander Qu, Han Gu Pass is a dangerous terrain and our trolleys cannot enter shoulder to shoulder.
Tomorrow, upon penetrating Han Gu Pass, do not engage in battle.
Let's set up our camp base first and get settled first before we draw up our next move.
You can take assurance in this matter as I have my plan.
I do not really comprehend the meaning of a talent like General Zhang staying behind the base.
To think, I, Su Qin, have spent half of my life campaigning for the Vertical Alliance to defeat Qin;
in the end, it's the Qi army that's acting overly-cautious.
General Zhang is a brave man.
But today's decision was a command from the King of Qi.
The Qi King has a strong will.
But when facing a great mission, he often puts people first.
How can this be happening today?
I really don't comprehend it.
It was supposed to Six Nations attacking Qin.
But Wei has retreated its army first.
The remaining soldiers are spineless.
With what power will we attack Qin to gain peace on earth?
I won't believe it.
Join all the powers under the skies and we still can't break that Qin? We can't defeat that Zhang Yi?
It's time I make my move.
To where?
I will go see Zhang Yi.
We will start waging our battle tomorrow. To go now is to seek death.
I don't have full confidence I can persuade Zhang Yi.
But he will not go as far as taking my life.
I take my leave.
Sect Brother, long time no see. (T/N both share the same Shifu Guigu, School of Diplomacy)
Since you became the Prime Minister of Qin,
I fear you've all forgotten your friends of the past.
You are blaming me then.
These recent years, your foolish brother has been kept busy with trivial matters
with not much success to show.
I haven't the pride to face you.
Your conquests to rule the entire world.
This is what you refer to as 'trivial matters'?
You've been busy doing your share of lobbying across the nations in these last few years too.
You even created some Six Nation Alliance.
Joining Six Nations together to attack my Qin Nation.
Sect Brother, I fear that was not such a 'gentlemanly behavior'.
You attack Chu Nation today, and tomorrow you attack Han.
The entire world suffers at your Qin's hands.
This is your 'gentlemanly behavior'?
Our Shifu taught me this once,
to discern the value of a monarch.
Your foolish brother here is a prime minister.
The Qin King desires to command the entire world.
Zhang Yi shall give him a hand, of course.
Unfortunately, you only sing the virtues of Qin's King,
but you know very well the atrocities against the world the Qin armies have caused!
Sect Brother, you and I are just mercenaries.
The King of Qin gave me gold and a mansion, a high title and a high salary.
Whatever did the Qi King give me?
Whatever did the Chu King give me?
You!
Zhang Yi, you only care about power.
You will not think about the lives of the people?
You err in your speech.
Everything I do
is precisely for the sake of the people.
Alright. I can't win an argument with you.
At any rate, you ought to withdraw your troops.
What did you say?
Withdraw your troops.
Why should I withdraw my troops?
You really don't know why we have our vertical alliance?
Of course I know.
It's to prove to our Shifu, prove to the people of the world
that your vertical alliance is superior to my horizontal alliance?
You!
Alright. Forget it.
As long as you will withdraw the troops, I am willing to concede the seal of the Six Nations to you.
Seal of the Six Nations?
What? Not even the seal of the Six Nations can satiate your appetite?
Sect Brother, I don't want some seal of six nations.
Zhang Yi only wants one seal.
The seal of the world.
You really think Qin Nation can command the entire world?
As long as it's got Zhang Yi, Qin can do it.
Zhang Yi. Zhang Yi.
When we were pupils, our teacher once said this:
"You two, one is vertical and one is horizontal."
"Don't ever meet on the battlefield."
Do you remember it still? After you became the Qin Prime Minister, you once swore to Heaven
that you would not be a foe to me in this lifetime!
It is well known to the world that Zhang Yi is a man of honor.
How would I dare to forget that?
The physical body is an endowment from one's parents.
Hair exists and man exists. Hair is broken and man is dead.
What is the significance of your words?
Today, Zhang Yi cuts off hair and the Zhang Yi of yesterday is already dead.
I will return the foolish life to you.
If we are to meet on the battlefield in the future,
you can disregard our ties as disciples together.
Shameless. Shameless!
Chu
No.
No.
Yi'er.
- Jie Jie. - Qing'er.
You had a nightmare again?
The same dream again.
Jie Jie, this is called, "worry by day and dream by night".
These days, you've been worried too much. Almost bewitched.
Also, earlier, you went on the hunger strike to get the message out.
And now, you didn't see how the Queen Dowager responded to Lady Ying.
Instead, you are getting thinner and your health has collapsed.
Greetings to Lady Zheng.
This way, Your Highness.
- Your Highness. - Little Sister, let's be at ease.
Since you returned, I've been thinking of you.
I didn't get to see you for so many days,
and I felt anxious.
Your Highness is caring.
Tell me, isn't Her Highness the Queen Dowager too much?
She's already investigated who set the poison.
Why does she really need to confine you?
Unless, it's because of the Grand Shaman of Chu?
Since you already know it, why bother asking me?
What I mean is, why won't you agree to be the Grand Shaman?
That's not something Your Highness needs to ask about.
I guess I just worried about nothing.
Alright. You rest up.
I should get going too.
Oh right.
Sometimes I really do admire you.
It's nice to be confined here in a way, to have some peace and quiet.
To spare the Queen Dowager and His Majesty from having to look for me all the time.
What is she?
Cheap wench!
Please dissipate your anger, Your Highness. Don't bother getting worked up by some forbidden person.
His Majesty is the one to plead for kindness on her behalf over the poison matter.
Qu Yuan lobbied for her and even the Queen Dowager can't do anything to her.
Do you think a person of that caliber can really be confined in the cold palace forever?
Do you mean then . . .
You want me to dispose Mo Chou Nu?
Exactly.
She's no threat to your position anymore whatsoever. Why bother?
I just want her dead.
What are you keeping from me?
What could I keep from you?
I can see that you are.
If you don't dispose her, I will die.
Does she have some unfavorable evidence against you?
No.
No? Then your strong desire to have her dead,
what exactly is the reason?
I . . .
I want to avenge Xiao Qiao.
Revenge for Xiao Qiao?
Tell me, are you the one who poisoned His Majesty?
It really was you?
I did it.
You don't need to use poison on His Majesty just to kill off a consort.
If something should happen to His Majesty . . .
That is a grand crime of genocide. (T/N if convicted, "nine generations" are killed off)
My entire Zheng nation is long-perished.
What genocide now?
But you should think about Lan'er.
You have the shame to bring up Lan'er? I take these risks today,
all because you are incompetent!
You are always weak and faltering.
You don't care if we, mother and son, die or live.
I am just taking matters into my own hands! Alright?
If His Majesty really dies,
the princes are all very young.
You're a mighty Uncle of the King.
Aren't you just right to ascend to the throne?
Crazy. You're utterly crazy!
I've gone crazy a long time ago.
On the first day I arrived in the Chu Nation,
I already went crazy.
You!
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I lost. Your sword skills are superior.
You shouldn't have been so eager to attack me earlier.
How was I supposed to fight then?
You should've protected yourself first. Like this.
Like this? Okay.
I got it.
Lu Yi, tomorrow is the first battle. Are you scared?
I'm scared.
I'm scared too.
Don't worry. We are brothers.
If there's danger tomorrow, I will protect you for sure.
If you are in danger, I'll come protect you too.
Lu Yi, let's become sworn brothers today.
Great!
To the spirits above,
- I, Zi Heng. - I, Lu Yi.
From this day forward, we are brothers.
To share the joy and the hardship. To protect each other.
Go get Zi Heng for me.
Yes, Sir.
Lu Yi, from now on, I'm your big brother.
I've always wanted a big brother.
Prince Zi Heng.
Prince. His Majesty seeks you.
Prince?
Little Brother, the one standing before you is our Chu Nation's Grand Prince, Prince Zi Heng.
Prince Zi Heng? Bear Heng?
Lu Yi, I am indeed a prince, but I'm your brother just the same.
Remember this. If there's danger, I will protect you.
We fight shoulder to shoulder tomorrow on the battlefield to build our merits by ridding the foe.
Rest assured, Sir. I vouch for its complete success.
Go.
Who is the food for?
That Lady Mo Chou of course.
She was on some hunger strike a few days ago and finally she's eating.
Jie Jie, there's your favorite fish soup today.
Jie Jie, your health is weak lately.
Drink lots of fish soup.
Jie Jie, what are you doing?
There's something wrong with the color of the fish.
Look.
Come. Come.
What? What was the shouting for?
Nothing. I just spilled the soup.
So troublesome.
Royal Father, you wanted to see me?
Zi Heng. Are you scared?
Royal Father.
I don't blame you. It's your first battle.
Royal Father, are the Qins really as mighty as they say?
Who is the hardest foe to fight in this world?
Do you know it?
It's your own heart and mind.
Today, I will tell you a story.
A long time ago, there was a pair of brothers with same father but different mothers.
The younger brother always thought it was unfair.
One day, they went to hunt in the forest.
In the forest, they discovered a tiger den.
The younger brother told the older brother this.
If you dare to go in the tiger den and bring the tiger cub out,
I will do as you say in everything from now on.
So the older brother says, you wait and see.
Afterwards he went into it.
And then?
And then the older brother died.
When the father found out, he was furious and wanted to kill the younger brother.
The little brother was very scared.
He was only eight years old then. He didn't want to die.
His mother begged for his life for him.
So did the father forgive him?
But the father took an orange and placed it atop the mother's head.
And he told him to shoot through the orange from a hundred steps away with three arrows or less.
Then he will spare his life.
Or else both his mother and he will die.
So did he shoot?
He had no choice.
He picked up the arrow and bow.
And when the arrow was pointed towards the top of his mother's head,
his hands were shaking.
He peed his pants from being so scared.
His mother scolded him.
She said not to be scared.
To not shake his hands. To not be startled in his mind.
Holding back his tears, he shot his first arrow.
This arrow shot his mother's left arm.
His mother didn't blame him. Instead, she says to him,
"Son, don't be scared. Continue to shoot."
So then he shot his second arrow.
With this arrow, he shot his mother's chest.
He kneels as he begs his father.
He tells his father he doesn't want to shoot anymore.
He asks his father to just kill him instead.
But his mother says in a loud voice.
"Son, don't be scared."
"Worst case, we pair of son and mother both die together."
So did he shoot through the orange on his third arrow?
Of course.
He shot it. His father spared him.
But his mother, it became the root of her illness.
Let's hurry.
What did you need to say, Master Qu?
Tomorrow's battle is very perilous.
I don't want to see you fall to any mishap. Don't go to battle.
Stay here and protect the tent.
It's the Qi army who stays to protect the base. I'm a Chu.
Why should I stay with the Qi to protect the base?
On the battlefield, the swords have no eyes.
If something should really happen to you, what am I supposed to tell your sister?
Now you remember my sister, do you?
If you really want to answer to my sister,
you shouldn't have deserted her in the first place to marry that chancellor's daughter.
Sir, there's an urgent report.
Royal Father, did the royal physician see Royal Grandmother?
Yes. It's indeed my story from my childhood.
Do you know this? When I used the bow and arrow, pointing at the orange atop Queen Mother's head,
the torment I felt in my mind?
A person's hardest obstacle in life is himself. His own mind.
I understand it.
I've encountered many things in life.
The subjects of the royal court. The people under the skies.
It's endless.
But in the end, it's all my matters to tend to.
All these, to me, are more clear than how many stair steps lead to the royal court.
Once you figure these out clearly, you will know.
How to set priorities and know when to advance or retreat.
This is a path I've traveled.
Now, it's your turn.
Tomorrow, come battle with me shoulder-to-shoulder.
Are you scared?
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- Your Majesty. - Ling Jun.
Zi Heng, you go back first.
Yes, Sir.
What is it? - A letter delivered from Ying City.
This is Mo Chou's idea?
It could be that Mo Chou is over-worried.
To worry at day and dream at night.
We needn't worry about it.
Did you forget? Mo Chou is the daughter of the Grand Shaman of Chu.
This matter is better trusted than to ignore.
Furthermore, the six allied nations are facing internal struggles
with only a true alliance of six nations in name only.
In reality, it's only us Chu Nation who are fighting the Qin with full force.
Zhang Yi has always been full of tricks. I don't know what foul measures he might use this time.
Qin Nation has repeatedly violated our Chu borders.
Tomorrow's battle, we don't know if we will be the victor.
Even if it's as Mo Chou says, we still need to venture it.
To show Qin army our colors.
The battle must be fought.
But for Your Majesty to engage in battle personally? Please reconsider it.
I am the commander of the alliance.
Am I supposed to be scared of the Qin?
Don't say anymore. I must fight the battle tomorrow personally.
To fight shoulder-to-shoulder with all the soldiers in battle.
If you insist, I do have an idea.
Your Majesty. It's late. You should rest.
If Zhang Yi's report is correct, these next two days,
will be a battle of life and death.
Did you not say Zhang Yi has already arranged everything?
Nothing is foolproof. This battle is pivotal.
If a mishap should take place, our Qin's centuries of work,
could all end in one moment.
You needn't be so worried, Your Majesty.
I believe this battle will show that Qin is the true victor.
I can only worry.
The hundreds and thousands of lives of the soldiers.
The centuries of Qin dynasties.
The will of my ancestors and my lineage all rest on me.
I cannot take one slippery step.
[ Chu ]
Allow me.
[ Chu ]
Prime Minister, how come they still aren't attacking?
Why the rush, General?
Why not take this chance to admire the scenery of Han Gu Pass?
I fear this scenery won't be seen again in the future.
What time is this for you to leisurely enjoy some scenery?
[ Zhao ]
General, do we advance or not?
Wait a little more. Tell the men to go and grill something for me.
I rushed here first thing in the morning without a proper meal.
Yes, sir.
[ Chu ]
No more waiting. Advance.
Advance!
The courage of a little man. Over-estimating yourselves.
Fine. You want to jump into the net yourselves, that'll spare me the trouble of looking for you.
Han Gu Guan (Han Gu Pass)
What are you doing? - To report the prime minister that the enemies have advanced.
Xiong Huai's head's right before our eyes.
You really expect me to let that idiot take this merit from me?
But the prime minister said for us to lose.
My turn.
Are you alright, Zi Heng?
I'm fine.
Kill!
Bastard.
Bring me your life.
KILL!
Kill!
Kill!
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♫ Day and night, summer and winter, nonstop changes ♫
♫ Herbs and trees, prosperity and decline, would still depend on a beautiful woman ♫
♫ Rumors brought by wind from all over; inciting ministers with different dreams ♫
♫ Asking Heaven if it can bear witness to one's loyalty ♫
♫ Muddy and clear, beautiful and ugly, overturning all living creatures ♫
♫ Angelica and magnolia, orchids and quan, have a hard time emitting their fragrance ♫
♫ Why must you proceed against the current? Why must a lonely flower admire herself? ♫
♫ No one knew that one's birthplace has become someone else's territory ♫
♫ Outstanding in a chaotic world, who can understand one's desire? ♫
♫ Going far to travel, yet one's heart is tied with one's home ♫
♫ Drinking one 'Li Sao', the pain of separation ♫
♫ Getting drunk for a lifetime of dedicating oneself for one's country ♫
♫ Coping with the long, long road; hard to beg the heaven and the earth ♫
♫ I lamented the numerous sorrows in the life of the citizens ♫
♫ Singing one 'Li Sao', pain of separation ♫
♫ Sighing how hard it is to keep a bosom friend ♫
♫ For the ideal that I hold dear to my heart, I'd not regret a thousand times to die. In the end, turning into ashes.
♫ If this dream is difficult, let's just leave it to the next generations to ponder ♫
♫ Outstanding in a chaotic world, who can understand one's desire? ♫
♫ Going far to travel, yet one's heart is tied with one's home ♫
♫ Drinking one 'Li Sao', the pain of separation ♫
♫ Sighing how hard it is to keep a bosom friend ♫
♫ For the ideal that I hold dear to my heart, I'd not regret a thousand times to die. In the end, turning into ashes.
♫ If this dream is difficult, let's just leave it to the next generations to ponder ♫
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