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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 60
And melilotus leaves I took to stem, the tears that streamed down to my garment's hem. - Li Sao (The Grievances) by Qu Yuan
Princess!
Princess, actually I treated you as my own child long ago.
What mother would watch their child die first?
This wine...
Yu Niang!
Let me drink it first!
Yu Niang!
Princess.
We can...go home...
Yu Niang! Yu Niang, wake up!
Yu Niang!
Chu Palace
Beloved Subject Qu, what are you holding that for?
That day, when you gave me the He Shi Bi , you promised me
that I can use it for three requests.
I treasured and carefully took care of it.
Now, I brought the He Shi Bi here
only hoping that Your Majesty can keep your word.
Please spare the Great Shaman of Chu!
Spare the Great Shaman of Chu?
How ridiculous!
Qu Yuan, have you gone crazy?
I dare to say that the changes in the State of Chu have come so far,
largely because of the Great Shaman of Chu's work!
Your Majesty, if the State of Chu wants to increase its power,
it must have the Great Shaman of Chu's help!
The Great Shaman of Chu is no ordinary girl. She is an official of our country!
Your Majesty cannot kill her!
What nonsense!
Don't think that because His Majesty gave you the He family jade , you can already say anything you want,
confuse right and wrong.
Vice Chancellor Qu, don't forget who was it that said
the one of the essence of the reforms is that punishment must be above anyone.
We as government ministers must be tried for crimes like the citizens.
What? Can she, being the Great Shaman of Chu, be excused from it?
Your Majesty, when I came here,
I knew there'd be a storm of blood and wind.
I have no other requests. I only wish that Your Majesty can spare her life!
Vice Chancellor Qu, you really are opening our eyes!
I'm afraid that Lord Qu
also can't help his feelings towards her.
Summon the Great Shaman of Chu.
Enter, the Great Shaman of Chu!
Beloved Subject Qu, put the He Shi Bi away. You can go.
Your Majesty, this Great Shaman of Chu let Consort Ying go.
This is a serious crime! This is...?
Do you have objections to my decision?
Chancellor Zhao, what do you think?
It is indeed true that Great Shaman of Chu committed a crime.
If Your Majesty spared her,
I don't understand the reason for it.
May Your Majesty handle this case justly.
Is that so? You think that I am
a king who lets criminals go for personal emotions?
I do not dare.
I have already investigated it. That day, the Great Shaman and Consort Ying
indeed were going to the ceremonial offering but got lost.
T-they took the wrong path? How could that be?
They took the wrong path?
What? You feel like I got it wrong?
Alright! There will be no further discussion of this! Court is dismissed!
Orchid Dais Palace
Greetings, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, in court, I, Qu Yuan,
was too rash and stubborn. Please punish me.
Ling Jun, do you still remember why I gave you the He Shi Bi ?
Your Majesty gave me the He family jade previously so that I can have full authority in doing the reforms.
Then did I give you the He Shi Bi to publicly shame me?
Your Majesty!
Qu Yuan, oh Qu Yuan, I never imagined it.
For the Great Shaman of Chu, you'd be willing to take out the He Shi Bi .
I underestimated you and your affection with the Great Shaman of Chu.
I originally thought that if I treated Mo Chou well enough,
one day, she'd be touched.
But only now do I understand.
It's not that I haven't done enough or performed too poorly.
It's that her heart has long had someone else in it.
I...
Leave, I want to be alone for a while.
I take my leave.
Husband, how did it go? Did the king agree?
This is wonderful. It looks like the king really did keep his word.
I underestimated the king's affection for Mo Chou.
What do you mean?
The king had decided long ago to save Mo Chou.
Yet I still took out the He family jade in such a grand way.
I instead made a fool of him by trying to be smart, placing him in such an awkward situation.
Husband, do not worry. You and Little Sister Mo Chou are clean.
Why care about what others say?
When I saw His Majesty today, I can already sense his doubts of me, both directly and indirectly from his words.
I fear that this misunderstanding between us will be hard to resolve anymore.
Does this make any sense?
The king protects that Mo Chou so much.
And that Consort Ying! She ran outside the palace without permission, but she escaped unscathed!
Queen Dowager, let me say a few words.
In this world, how does this make sense?
I'm not sure about this either.
It's just, the king already took full responsibility.
Looks like, this matter will just get resolved like that.
Of course.
After all, the king still can't forget about her.
How protective. In the future in the palace,
how are rules to be set? A Great Shaman of Chu
acts like this because the king favors her so much.
She doesn't respect the Queen Dowager at all!
Have you said enough yet?
The king didn't deal with this properly.
But he has his reasoning.
None of you can talk about court matters!
If any of you wag your tongue in front of me,
watch your mouths!
Yes.
-Yes. -Yes.
Alright.
You can all leave.
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Greetings, Queen Mother.
You still have the face to come here? For a woman, you
can even disregarded the might of a king and country's ethics.
You could even ignore my words!
Queen Mother! Let me explain!
I don't want to hear it.
Do you think I believe your made-up story?
Would others believe it?
Queen Mother, you don't want to hear the truth?
The truth is, I like Mo Chou.
In all these years, she is the only one I always think about.
But she's not your concubine anymore.
She's the Great Shaman of Chu!
I know.
But once I think about the fact
that she has to leave here, my heart aches!
For a woman,
you argue with me like this?
Please forgive my rebelliousness, Queen Mother.
I promise, this will be the only time.
Qu Mansion
Look, that girl gets more wild than her little brother.
It's good for them to get wild. Once they grow up, they'll have to leave us.
A daughter will eventually have to marry.
We can't worry for life.
It's just Shu'er, once he grows up,
will he blame us?
If he wants to blame, he will only blame me, his father.
Won't he be able to succeed without a title or salary?
Has anything happened in court recently?
His Majesty still hasn't done anything, but it will happen soon.
Husband, are you really determined to eliminate the well-field system?
Of course.
But lands are the life-source of the nobility. How could it be easy to ask them to divide them?
Moreover, for these past years, you have already offended a lot of people because of the reforms.
Even Father gets angry when he mentions you.
It's alright. As long as you're not mad at me, it's okay.
What a silver tongue you have.
My beloved subjects, is there anything to report?
Your Majesty, I asked you a few days ago about removing the well-field system and opening up roads in between fields.
Your Majesty still hasn't given me an answer.
-Your Majesty- -Vice Chancellor Qu.
I never heard you mention this in court before.
Yes, this was discussed privately with His Majesty.
Since King Xuan of Lu , the well-field system has already been in place for 300 years. (T/N around 600 BCE)
How can you just remove it like that?
Your Majesty promised me before that as long as they are matters that will benefit the country and its citizens,
Your Majesty will have it implemented with all your might.
I did say that, but this is no small matter.
Your Majesty, eliminating the well-field system has long been done in the country of Qin.
Currently, the Qin has become a rich and strong country. Removing the well-field system and opening paths between fields
are not only what the circumstances call for but they are also what the Heaven dictates.
Great Shaman of Chu, stop talking about the heaven's will.
Last time you used the heaven's will to trick the King and the Queen Dowager.
Are you going to do it again this time?
This is a big matter, we will not decide it today.
Let me go back and think it over. Court is dismissed!
Your Majesty, the investigation is finished.
The famous ballad that is spreading among the citizens of Yingdu right now is called 'Ode to Qu Ballad'.
Recite it.
Vice Chancellor Qu is like Bo Yi.
Has high and pure moral characters. Implementing reforms.
The citizens are at ease and happy. The country is peaceful.
The Chu will be prosperous. The world in peace.
In terms of merits to the world, he is number one.
Vice Chancellor is like Bo Yi.
Amazing. Amazing!
Husband, what's wrong?
It's nothing. I just had a dream.
What kind of dream?
I saw the king.
No matter how I ran, I couldn't get close to him.
What you think about during the day becomes your dreams. Sleep easy.
A few days ago, Subject Qu requested
that the well-field system be removed, inter-field roads be open, and that I give a decree to cultivate new lands.
This will increase the country's treasury and let the farmers have their own lands to farm.
Subject Qu really has given much thought and care about the well-being of the citizens and the country.
But the removal of the well-field system is a huge matter
and has wide involvement. I cannot just casually decide on it.
As such, I want to hear,
beloved subjects, what opinions do you have?
Your Majesty, I think that land concerns the national grain treasury.
If we do as Vice Chancellor said, to remove the well-field system,
allow the citizens to freely cultivate lands, to freely barter their products,
then I fear that it would be hard to guarantee
the tax earnings of the government.
That's so wrong. Since the citizens are allowed to freely cultivate lands, lands will grow
so taxes paid will surely grow too. Why then do you say that it can't be guaranteed?
Now, all the land is concentrated in noblemen's hands.
With one order from the King,
taxes and foods can be immediately submitted to the treasury.
If it is all spread among the commoners,
how is it to be collected?
Then, if it is in noblemen's hands,
it is easy to submit it to the national treasury already?
In the past, the State of Qin used the He Shi Bi to openly provoke us.
Your Majesty wanted to borrow armies from the Jing and Zhao families.
Why then was he unable to borrow from them?
We're talking about land! What are you dragging the topic away for?
What does sending an army to war has to do with it?
When most of the land are in the hands of the nobility, most soldiers are also in the hands of the nobility.
What's the difference between them?
Your Majesty, this kingdom was gained by the nobles fighting under earlier Kings.
Every inch of land in the kingdom is saturated with noblemen's blood.
Why should land that noblemen gained with their blood
be given to the people?
Vice Chancellor Qu, a few years ago,
you requested Your Majesty to stay away from the nobility,
to remove the inherited ranks and salaries of the sons of ministers and nobility,
and now you want to remove the well-field system and have all the ministers' lands be divided.
I want to ask you, how have the officials offended you
that you treat us as enemies like this?
How could he ask for the well-field system to be removed?
Ministers, as an official, Vice Chancellor Qu
has always put the sake of the citizens first.
Most provisions of the reforms were all first implemented with the Qu family.
Could it be there are still people now doubting his fairness?
Great Shaman of Chu, you mean that in this court,
only Vice Chancellor Qu is concerned about the citizens
and we only work for our own benefit?
You-!
What beloved subjects all said is reasonable. The stakes are really high regarding the removal of the well-field system.
I cannot decide right now either.
To end this matter, I've thought of a way.
Carry it in!
Each one will be given a copper mirror.
If you are in agreement with Vice Chancellor Qu's plan of removing the well-field system,
then place the mirror in the box facing up.
If you are against it, place the mirror in the box facing down.
If you are neither agreeing or against it, being neutral,
wrap the mirror with cloth and place it in the box.
This is a good idea!
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, I'm afraid this won't do.
I'm just looking for fairness and equality here.
Vice Chancellor Qu, Great Shaman, say no more.
Beloved subjects, do you have any more objections?
Since there are none. Place the boxes on the sides.
Everyone, please vote in succession.
Against.
Against.
Against.
Against.
Against.
Against.
Against.
Against.
Against.
Your Majesty, there are 31 people against it.
There's one person for it, and one person who is neutral.
Your Majesty!
You've come?
Why didn't Your Majesty remove the well-field system today?
It was the will of the officials. There's nothing I can do.
This morning at court, you had the officials state their positions together.
Isn't their will your will?
Qu Yuan! Who are you talking to?
Your Majesty, that's called putting a decision to vote? We both know that wolves can eat sheep.
But you insist on asking the wolves if they are willing to eat sheep!
These ministers who are like wolves and tigers, how can they care about the feelings of the lamb-like citizens?
Then you mean that I only need to care about your feelings?
Then let me ask you. When the people sang about you, putting you and me
in equal terms, have you considered my feelings?
Don't forget! This is my court.
It isn't your one-person court!
Your Majesty, reforms must be done now, we cannot delay it!
Stop talking! This matter is finished. There will be no changes.
-Your Majesty! -Take your leave.
Vice Chancellor Qu, please.
Zhao Manor
I know you are very unsatisfied with Ling Jun,
but right now, everyone is vilifying him.
If you won't help him, who will?
I've already helped him too much. I pleaded with him many times.
Did he ever listen? Did he ever stop?
In that sort of situation yesterday, how am I supposed to help him?
Ling Jun is stubborn,
but he does everything for the State of Chu!
In that court full of officials,
which one doesn't act for the good of the State of Chu?
Do I not work for the good of the State of Chu?
But I believe that Ling Jun's changes aren't wrong.
If you can use your Chancellor's position to support him,
his work will be a lot smoother!
Why do you always work against him?
He's the one working against me!
He's working against all the officials of the court!
Father. Ling Jun isn't only my husband.
He's also my children's father. We are a family!
Don't say those words to me. Go back and ask him!
Has he ever treated us as family?
He's the Vice Chancellor, that's true. But I am also the current Chancellor!
How many relationships do I have to balance? Did he think about my position?
Did he think about my difficulties?
Enough.
Stop talking. Don't forget, you are the daughter-in-law of the Qu family.
But you are even more so the daughter of my Zhao family!
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Greetings, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, why do you look so worried?
I have something that I can't resign myself to accept.
Have I grown old?
Your Majesty just reached forty years of age. How could you say that you are old?
Confucius said that you are independent when you are thirty.
Know the Heaven's will by forty.
I already have reached the age of following Heaven's fate.
Your Majesty, it is independent by thirty,
not getting confused by forty, knowing Heaven's will by fifty.
I'm knowing Heaven's will earlier then.
So Your Majesty, you are not old at all.
I have live in such a hurry. I was born to be the king of Qin.
I was born with the duty to unite the six countries.
But now that I am over forty years old, my plan is still not complete.
In my heart,
can I not feel worried?
Your Majesty, your grand plan is something that people for generations have been aiming for.
Why rush?
A merit that can last a hundred centuries requires centuries and centuries of hard work.
If I just lie down on the merits done by the past King,
not moving a bit at all,
then, what face do I have to face the previous King?
My descendants,
how will they talk about me?
Your Majesty, you are being overly worried. Ji'er has always treated you as his role model.
You are his hero.
Hope that people in the future generations will say that too about me.
I haven't been to Quan County in so long. I wonder what it looks like.
Husband, we came here to relax.
Don't think about court battles and the safety of the people.
If there is no fighting in this world and the people are safe,
why would I need to always worry about this?
Wow! Sitting in a horse carriage is so much fun!
Sit tight, Shu'er.
Hurry, hurry!
Boss, I want a mantou. (T/N steamed bread/bun)
Okay, okay.
- And two taros. - Okay.
Just be at ease and eat my buns and taros.
Don't burn yourself.
Hurry and run!
Hurry up!
What are you doing?
-Hurry and go! -You kids! You took so much!
Do you want to die?
Hey!
Hurry and go!
Take it!
-I'll beat you! -Stop the carriage.
- You kid...you still dared? I'll hit you! - Let go!
So what if we steal from you?
Go away!
You dare to hit us?
I...only have a small business.
- Is it easy for me to earn money? I just have a little business... - Let's go!
- Let's go. - So outrageous!
How am I supposed to live?
Let's go!
Is there no one to stop them from stealing like that?
Let's go look for the person in charge.
Let's go to the magistrate's office!
Yay! I won!
Look at me!
Look at me!
It went in!
It went in again!
It went in!
Look at me!
Come! Look at me! I'm more accurate than you.
It went in again!
Again!
I thought you could take good care of Quan County.
In the end, I never imagined that in broad daylight,
there would actually still be robbers stealing.
You are right, Vice Chancellor Qu, but these robbers,
I really can't bear to arrest.
Could it be that the county magistrate still
pities these robbers?
Vice Chancellor Qu only knows that these robbers are evil but do you know
why these people became robbers?
Why?
They were forced. They cannot keep living.
You don't know.
Those fish heads' bullying of the people has become worse than before.
Do you remember those bullies you once punished?
After you left, the bullies' power grew again.
Your previous decrees have become empty words. The lands of citizens were robbed from them.
They are not willing to work under those bullies either.
They have no means of living. What can they still do?
As the magistrate, are you going to just watch this happen?
If those bullies can't be dealt with, will the magistrate's office just ignore it?
I did try. But the bullies united and the might of the law won't work on them.
Punishing a few bullies is useless.
The conflict between the nobility and the citizens have become like water and fire.
Making them harmoniously reconcile is already impossible.
But, if we can congregate these slaves,
and do something beneficial to the citizens and the country,
that would be a good thing.
You are right, Vice Chancellor Qu.
But what should they do?
Father!
Shu'er.
Seeing you practice the sword reminds me of my childhood.
Really? Father, you must have been more amazing than me!
It's the complete opposite. You are more amazing than I was.
You inherited your martial arts from your grandfather.
Then in the future, I want to lead the army and become a General!
The road is boundless, cultivation so distant.
I still have a long road to take. Your road is even longer.
Father, you once told me
that each road is taken step by step.
Ru Ju.
Bring me another hairpin.
Why have you come back?
I missed you! Did you miss me?
What? You almost scared me to death!
That's right! I have something to give you.
I...missed you.
I don't want anything.
I only want you.
Alright. You should leave, the sun is about to rise.
Let me stay a little longer.
Hurry and go back! You still have to help Lan'er.
If Lan'er becomes the crown prince,
in the future, you'll get plenty of benefits.
Sure. I'll go to Big Brother now and take a look.
That's right! Prince Zi Lan
has a letter for you.
From Lan'er?
This...? What's with this blood letter?
Prince Zi Heng's uncle Jia Chang An
killed a pregnant woman there.
That Zi Heng. It looks like this time
he really has no fate with the crown prince position.
But, I know Zi Heng's personality well.
How could he let go of Jia Chang An? He should have killed him.
Prince Zi Heng did want to heavily punish Jia Chang An,
but he was saved by Prince Zi Lan.
Zi Lan?
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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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