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The Legend of Xiao Chuo

Episode 42

I wish I could see

Yaoshinu grow up to ten or twenty years old

in the blink of an eye.

You'll see it for sure, Your Highness.

Hulie,

I don't feel so good,

just go and tell the nannie

to come and take Yaoshinu away.

I want to be alone.

Your Highness.

Go ahead.

Changning Palace

Bohai concubine.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Your Highness, I'm sorry.

I'm just a weak and feeble woman,

His Majesty has passed away

and I don't have the strength to live.

I couldn't bear the thought of him walking alone,

so I'm going to be with him.

The one I owe most is my Yaoshinu.

I'm not a good mother,

and I love his father more than I love him.

I don't have the strength to love and raise him.

Your Highness.

You're a powerful mother,

I can trust you

with Yaoshinu.

And I'm sure His Majesty could do that too.

I'm sorry.

I'm leaving you

with all the responsibility.

I know

you will raise and love this child

better than I can.

Yuxiao

can only repay your kindness in the next world.

After the death of His Highness,

the Princess just spent her days in front of his coffin.

Crown Princess, please talk to her.

It's you.

The sacrificial tablet of Xiyin, King Zhao The sacrificial tablet of Liulishou

I've come to light incense for Xiyin and Liulishou.

Now the whole Liao Dynasty

is busy with the funeral of Mingyi,

and only you could remember

to come over here and light incense for them.

The sacrificial tablet of Xiyin, King Zhao The sacrificial tablet of Liulishou

Wuguli,

in fact, Yanyan is also concerned about you.

It's just because Longxu is still young

and all kinds of national affairs

could not do without the Empress Dowager.

She will come to see you when she has finished with all of this.

As for Liulishou,

she didn't expect that.

I'm sorry for your loss.

She didn't expect that?

She's the Queen Regent,

who dared to hurt Xiyin and Liulishou

without her acquiescence?

You misunderstood her.

It's Yanyan who asked me to take you to persuade Liulishou to surrender,

and she had also ordered

that both of them should be kept alive.

Is that what she told you?

So,

I should thank her for this.

Wuguli, just calm down.

We're all sisters,

and she has children, too.

Why would she hurt your child?

Yeah.

She has children, too.

She's got so many children,

and each of them is safe and sound,

who can inherit the throne.

But me,

I only have Liulishou,

The sacrificial tablet of Xiyin, King Zhao The sacrificial tablet of Liulishou

only have one.

There's only three of us

left in the world.

Please don't hate her.

Don't hate her.

The sisterhood between Xiao Yanyan and me

has been broken off.

Shangjing City

Gu,

is that Princess Zhao

in the carriage?

I'm not dazzled, am I?

You're right.

I saw her, too.

It's the middle of the night,

where is she going

in such a humble little carriage?

Something is wrong. Let's go.

Come on.

Lady Hailan,

what are you doing here?

I'm supposed to be asking you the same question.

I've come from the Palace to shop.

What are you doing here?

I just...

Why is it missing?

What's missing?

Don't play dumb.

Are you trying to stop me here on purpose?

It's misunderstanding.

A moment ago,

I saw Princess Wuguli

passing by

in a small carriage.

-So I... -Nonsense!

How could my aunt be here in the middle of the night?

Yelü Xiezhen, let me tell you something,

you should stop asking for favors.

I, Xiao Hailan,

would never take a fancy

to such a dandy as you.

I don't know how to explain it.

I'll prove it to you.

Come on.

Your Highness.

I'm not going with you.

Just wait here for me.

King Shu Palace

Your Highness, Princess Zhao requests an audience.

Who?

Wuguli, the Empress Dowager's sister

and the widow of of King Zhao.

It's so late, what is she doing here?

Is she going to mock me on behalf of her sister?

Would you like to see her or not, Your Highness?

Yes, I would.

I'm the grand Prince of Liao Dynasty,

I could not be afraid of a woman.

It seems that Your Highness

has been having a bad time these days

that you need to drown your sorrow in wine.

I'm just drinking in my own home,

could Empress Dowager care about it?

I am who I am,

I'm the daughter-in-law of Imperial Uncle Lihu,

and Princess of King Zhao,

what have I to do with the Empress Dowager?

Well,

what advice do you have for me tonight?

I don't deserve to have any advice.

I just heard

that you once said a few words of justice

on the Jiao Mountain,

but now you have been excluded and had no place to live.

I remembered how frustrated my late husband had been

when he was alive,

so I, the widow, came to have a look.

It's just

a slip of the tongue

when I was on the Jiao mountain.

If you come here to condemn me for the Empress Dowager,

I will put up a memorial tomorrow to admit my error and ask for punishment.

I came with all my heart,

but you are just evasive.

Since Your Highness has already given in,

I have to assume

this trip is in vain.

See you again.

Your Highness.

Did you really think

what I said on the Jiao Mountain

still have some truth?

It's your nephew who has assumed the throne.

Nephew?

He does not necessarily take me for his own aunt.

Why don't you think

I would support you?

If King Zhao were alive,

he would have been the lead of the royal Kings

and the new Emperor chosen by all.

So some people

would not allow him to live that long.

We're not southerners,

and the sons are not the only ones who could inherit the throne.

According to the rules left by Emperor Taizu and Taizong,

the three branches of Taizu Family

are eligible to inherit the throne.

Now the branch of Imperial Uncle

and the branch of the Emperor Taizong have no descendant.

But several uncles like you are here,

and so are the descendants of the uncles,

how could we make an ignorant toddler the Emperor?

That's what I thought on Jiao Mountain.

However, Longxu has been supported by the elite force of Pishi Troops,

and we're no match for him.

Times have changed.

They suddenly launched an attack on Jiao Mountain,

Your Highness naturally was taken by surprise.

And now we're back in Shangjing City,

and the best troops in my Palace are very supportive of Your Highness.

I thought I was on my own,

but it seems

the justice is always in the heart.

You're right, Princess.

In any case,

it's impossible for our Yelü family

to let a child make the decision.

Since the Empress Dowager would not listen to advice,

well,

we have to rely on military remonstrance.

The military forces of Clan Five and Clan Six

are in the hands of the tribes.

With the presence of the older prince,

can't we deal with a little boy?

Having said that,

but the Empress Dowager

has always controlled the elite force of Pishi troops,

there is nothing we could do.

There is no blood-descendant of our Palace anymore,

what can I do now?

As long as you can give me a promise,

I will give you

the Palace Guards of Lihu.

Do you really mean it, Princess?

I don't want to be the Emperor,

what do I need Palace Guards for?

Let me think it over.

Yelü Xiezhen.

Yelü Xiezhen.

Yelü Xiezhen.

Are you done yet?

I think you just wanted to show me around

and used my aunt as an excuse.

Look.

King Shu Palace

Take care, Princess.

Congratulations, Your Highness.

It's the Palace Guards Lihu left behind,

and the only one in the Palace Guards belonging to the Emperor Taizu's three sons

that had not been broken up and weakened.

Now she's asking me to remonstrate as soon as possible,

I naturally can't easily agree.

The most urgent thing is to divide up the Palace Guards of Lihu

before we are doing anything.

What were they talking about?

It's too far away to hear,

but it's definitely not a good thing.

How could it be?

Aunt Wuguli has always stayed at home

and seldom been involved in government affairs,

and has no friendship with the King Shu.

It's an emergency.

Lady Hailan, please report this to the Empress Dowager

when you return to the Palace.

Do you understand?

What happened to my face?

Why are you looking at my face?

Is there anything?

No.

Although you are careless and casual,

but when you take it seriously,

you look like King of Southern Courtyard.

I'm the King of Southern Courtyard, okay?

Do I need to look like?

Madam,

Princess Ji is here

who is waiting for you in the hall.

What's she doing here?

Princess Zhao, you're back.

Princess Ji,

I know why you're here.

Princess Zhao,

I know why you were out.

It looks like we're on the same page.

We were little women

who only wanted to assist husband and bring up children,

and wanted to have a good quiet day of their own.

But somehow,

God Tengri let us

suffer the pain of bereavement.

Someone has destroyed our home,

and we just stood by and watched.

The world is so unfair.

Well said.

If I'd been born like you

and could hold

a third of Taizu's Palace Guards like you,

I would not be at ease.

Wuguli.

Since you were children,

you and your sisters have been the envy of others.

Even in this situation,

I still envy you.

You have enough military power in your hands

to convince the Kings to obey you

and to turn Shangjing City upside down.

Are you watching me?

Why should I watch you?

When the news reached Youzhou from Shangjing,

I expected you to do so.

Wuguli.

We're really the same kind of people,

who thinks husband is the god and subordinates to son when husband dies.

But now for us,

there is nothing worth worrying about in the world.

Even so,

what qualifies you to talk about cooperation with me?

You didn't have a good talk with the King Shu tonight, did you?

What does it have to do with you?

Don't be so hasty.

It's hard to get anything done.

The King Shu always forgets honor at the prospect of profits,

King Wu is mercenary and sensual

and King Ping only listens to his concubine.

If you want to persuade these people to obey you,

you have to suit the remedy to the case.

Wuguli.

I can help you convince them.

If two of us make an alliance,

we'll have a better chance,

won't we?

Okay.

Your Highness asked me to come,

is it an emergency?

Hailan told me

that she had seen the Wuguli pay a visit to King Shu last night.

Today, King Shu and others seized the chance to take action in court.

What do you think about that?

Although Princess Zhao harbors resentment,

but with her own strength,

I don't think she is able to make waves.

If she concatenates the Kings to plot the throne,

then we have to be on our guard.

If we're not aware of danger,

it's hard to guarantee

Mount Xianggu Rebellion will not happen again.

Although the late Emperor did his best to divide,

the military system of Liao Dynasty is just like this.

If the Kings unite the heads of the tribes

to attack us,

we will be under siege.

Even if we manage to suppress them,

it will be a terrible blow

to Liao Dynasty.

That's why we need to prioritize them and attack them one by one.

I'd like to ask Your Highness to give an order

to forbid all private meetings and night trips

in Shangjing City,

so as to cut off communication between the Kings.

Only the three of them

are able to make waves today,

King Shu, King Ping and King Wu.

All three had been closest to the throne,

and all had been greedy.

But these three had been imprisoned for years,

whose aspiration had gone.

They have only ambition but no action.

The three are unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything.

We must beware of the collusion of the three,

or we may run into trouble.

What is your opinion?

These three are old

and greedy for glory,

and all of them have many children.

In my opinion,

as long as Empress Dowager and His Majesty comes one by one

with a carrot-and-stick approach

to crush their courage,

it would be enough to keep them from rebelling again.

All right.

Then we'll take your advice.

Empress Dowager, here comes His Majesty.

Mother.

Your Majesty.

Mr. Han.

Longxu,

your father entrusted you to Mr. Han before his death.

He will help you with national affairs

and teach you how to run the country.

From now on,

he is your Prime Minister Father.

You need to respect him

as your own father,

do you understand?

Yes, I do.

Prime Minister Father.

Please don't mind if I'm slow-witted,

and teach me more, Prime Minister Father.

I cannot accept this matter of honor,

please rise up, Your Majesty.

This is the testament of the late Emperor.

I appreciate that, Empress Dowager.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Please rest assured, Your Majesty.

I'll take care of everything in the future.

Shangjing City

Your Highness, Your Majesty.

Please rise.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Uncle, you're surrounded by grandchildren,

which makes you the envy of others.

Unfortunately, I was detained by Emperor Mu in the early years,

living a precarious

and difficult life.

My descendants were affected by this, and few of them are successful in career.

At that time, everyone felt insecure.

It's all better now,

and nobody wants to go back to that time.

From Emperor Taizong to the late Emperor,

every turbulence in the imperial court

was an internal loss in the Liao Dynasty.

Actually, this is not necessary at all.

You come from Yelü Family,

and you are the descendant of the royal family.

Why would you risk your life to go one step further?

Back then,

the late Emperor had just ascended the throne

and insisted on the rule of benevolence.

So the Kings were released

and restored to the title,

which is better than being imprisoned by Emperor Shizong.

Actually,

the purpose of the late Emperor's benevolent administration

was to

reduce the internal conflicts of the Liao Dynasty,

so that we can concentrate more power and develop national strength.

Well,

let's not talk about that.

I think all of your grandchildren

are decent and educated,

How about letting them come to the Palace to study with His Majesty?

They are stupid and incompetent,

I'm afraid they are qualified.

How could it be?

Their bloodlines

have already defined their identities and status.

Let them come to the Palace more often

and get more familiar with His Majesty,

it'll be easier for them to talk to each other.

Yes, Imperial Granduncle,

please don't say no to mother again.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Thank you, Your Highness.

I'm expecting

that you could help His Majesty out in the future.

Please rise up.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Your Highness.

The Empress Dowager and His Majesty

have done so much kindness to our family,

I think we should let that thing go.

I'm old,

all the fighting

is for our children and grandchildren.

It's because of posterity

that we shouldn't fight for it.

We are not sure

whether it will succeed or not.

Princess Shu And even if we make it,

will King Ping and King Wu

yield the throne to you?

Even if we do win in the future,

who will take the throne after that?

Our eldest son is the first,

but second son is thoughtful

and third son is the most ambitious.

If they fight with each other,

do you want me to watch them kill each other

after all the struggling and suffering

in our whole lives?

Don't cry.

There's no sign of this yet,

why are you crying?

If there's no sign at all,

then what the hell are you doing?

The children had been imprisoned since they were young,

and they didn't have a comfortable life until the late Emperor took his throne.

You know, Empress Dowager is right.

You have seniority in the family,

as long as the succession of the throne remains intact,

our family will be rich.

And if something happens

and my brothers take advantage,

I'm afraid they will not have the broad mind

to put up with our Palace.

It's a woman's view.

You...

Okay, fine.

Forget it.

But you're right,

It is indeed not the time.

Military drill ground of King Ping Palace

Military drill ground of King Ping Palace The Khitan

Military drill ground of King Ping Palace

Military drill ground of King Ping Palace take saddles as their home,

while respecting the wisdom and worshiping martial arts.

Pishi Troops

is the private army of His Majesty

who are selected from the best in the world

and equipped with weapons.

Today, we will choose strong men from all the clans

to join the Trusted Guards.

King Ping Yelü Longxian

As expected,

the elite troops of Liao Dynasty are all in Pishi Troops.

The Palace Guards from my Palace

are no match at all.

Then it's time for Princess Zhao.

Why are you hesitating, Your Highness?

I'm afraid I can't convince Wuguli.

She has never had the temperament

to listen to anyone.

Why don't we ask Crown Princess?

I have to think about it.

We need to get her to sit down and talk to me.

If we hope Princess Zhao

could be willing to sit down and talk to you,

only if we can bring Liulishou

and King Zhao

alive to see her.

Maybe I can give her

what Lihu family has always wanted.

including the Palace Guards that Xiyin left behind.

These three kings are cowards

and they all gave up

after being frightened.

King Shu and the others are old

with high official positions and riches,

so when Empress Dowager applied the carrot-and-stick approach,

they were not willing to take any risks.

What should we do now?

Now, Empress Dowager has asked His Majesty to call Han Derang Prime Minister Father,

and she has followed every direction from Han Derang,

which has made the clans and officials angry.

Now, we could ask him to step in.

You mean...

Yelü Hugu.

He's a true believer of the late Emperor,

and couldn't watch Han Derang take over the reins of power.

If I could only persuade him a little more,

I should be sure to make their grudges worse.

What's up?

Your Highness, Crown Princess is here.

Well, if you'll excuse me.

Why is Yilan here?

She lost her husband and son just like me,

we are two people in the same boat

and we are just talking to each other.

Do you care about this?

Are you still angry

after all this time?

Hunian,

you've been here so many times,

and every time you have said the same thing,

I'm tired of hearing you even if you are not tired of saying.

Are you so partial to Yanyan?

Yanyan is now the Empress Dowager

with lots of children,

why would I defend her?

I'm just worried about you.

If you can't let it go,

you're the one who's been through hell.

Hunian,

just go back to your Kedun City,

and leave the business of Shangjing alone.

Wuguli.

Just leave.

We're not kids anymore,

and Yanyan is not the baby sister

who needed your attention.

Don't say that.

Whatever happened,

both of you are my sisters.

Since the three of us

got married to the three branches of Emperor Taizu,

we have been destined to be like this.

Hunian,

could you really

let the death of Yansage go?

Don't you

have any regrets?

Yanyan's heart

is much harder

than yours and mine.

I haven't been in Shangjing City for a long time

since I've been the prefectural governor of Zhuozhou.

I had no idea

that the first visitor after my coming back

is you, Princess Ji.

It's because Your Excellency has been away so long,

that the royal family

lacks a veteran at the helm,

thus Empress Dowager is persuaded to trust Han Derang

and not only has made him Privy Senator of South,

but also the official of Zhengshi and Chief Secretary of the Palace

who could build his state office and be treated as Three Ducal Ministers.

I heard...

You're dismissed.

I heard

she let His Majesty call him Prime Minister Father.

This salve

now became the Prime Minister Father of our Emperor,

and no one in the royal family has objected to it.

Is this true?

It's absolutely true,

and everyone in the Palace knows that.

Empress Dowager has gone too far.

It's okay for her to rely on Han Derang,

but how could she let His Majesty make Han Derang father?

Dose Han Derang deserve it?

Han Derang had an affair with Empress Dowager,

and now Empress Dowager must be under his control.

When I came to think about it,

the Han family might have had a plan.

From assisting the late Emperor to ascend the throne

to let Empress Dowager go into the Palace,

these're all part of the conspiracy they've been planning for years.

And in the process,

they have cut off the talents of Yelü family step by step,

to pave the way for the Han family.

You mean...

Look at the brothers of Han Derang,

each of them has high post and fat salary with massive forces in hand.

And the Taizu Family,

there is no descendant except the branch of Imperial King of Men.

The first one is Taiping King, then second one is King Ji

and last one is King Zhao.

They killed the most likely candidate for the throne

one by one,

only His Majesty and Empress Dowager are left,

who are easier to manipulate.

According to what you said,

what a coincidence.

And all these years,

the cadre-election system

had been well carried out in our Liao Dynasty,

but he chose to take the imperial examinations,

which has been carried out for several session,

but no Khitan was awarded an official,

and the officials were foreigners

whom he had chosen.

In my opinion,

he's preparing for his future.

If this is really true,

Han Derang

could not be allowed to live.

Come out.

What are you doing?

Who are you?

Let me go.

Let me go.

Let go.

-Get up. -On your knees.

What do you want?

Let me go.

Come here.

Why do you want me?

Young master Molugu.

Take these servants away.

Please spare our lives, Your Excellency.

Empress Dowager has issued an edict

that we could naturalize to the county

and no longer be Palace slaves.

Yeah, yes.

Didn't we agree before?

We don't have to be Palace slaves anymore.

What, what?

Naturalize to the county?

Naturalize to the county?

That is for the sake of the late Emperor,

that's why we let your humble people fool around.

Now the late Emperor has passed away,

everything must be done

in accordance with our khitan customs.

And you've taken this seriously.

Take them all away.

Come on.

Let me go.

Why are you arresting me?

Get up.

Let me go.

Let us go.

Go.

Come on.

Let me go.

Lord Hugu,

you openly flouted the law of Liao Dynasty,

and captured the slaves

who had already naturalized into the county.

Now the county has submitted the letter of impeachment.

How will you deal with it?

I didn't bring them in.

These people were starving out there,

and asked me to be put under my roof.

After all, they were once my servants

and I can't watch them suffer,

so I took them in.

They didn't ask for this.

As far as I know,

they were begging you to let them go.

They're all voluntary.

If you don't believe me,

you can send someone to interrogate.

Besides,

what I'm following

is the law of the Khitan since Emperor Taizu and Taizong.

According to the law of the Khitan since Emperor Taizu and Taizong,

you were supposed to go home and herd horses and sheep

instead of running amok here.

Running amok?

What am I, Yelü Hugu, like?

Emperor Shizong knew the answer

and so did Emperor Daxing.

You

don't deserve to know.

How absurd!

Kaihuang Gate

Has the decree been sent to Zhao Palace?

Yes.

I'm afraid Wuguli's still angry.

If there is any dispute between her and me,

you shall not let it be seen,

so she won't be accused of disrespecting Empress Dowager.

Yes.

I got it.

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Wuguli.

I didn't expect you'd be coming out to greet.

Empress Dowager is here,

how dare I not come out to greet her?

Please, Your Highness.

Are you still blaming me, Wuguli?

What if I blame you? What if I don't?

After all, Xiyin has gone.

I know you're upset.

When Xiyin was dying,

he said he had regretted.

It was his ambition and stubbornness

had cost my whole life

and Liulishou.

If only he'd known that sooner,

how could this happen?

Yeah.

What's the point of knowing when you're about to die?

I'm sorry, Wuguli.

I wasn't able to save Xiyin.

♪Who wrote the love down with affection♪

♪Who got drunk with thoughts on horse back♪

♪Song of her across land and sea♪

♪Lingers on and beyond the men's world♪

♪Like a bird over the waves♪

♪Still be the same as we meet again♪

♪Exchange our love and passion♪

♪Fill two hearts with happy ending♪

♪You and I, from now to the end of time♪

♪The watch at night, dawn at the skyline♪

♪Two beating hearts, a never ending story♪

♪Unbending belief, bothered by none♪

♪All the joy of the universe at your blink♪

♪Like a bird across the clouds♪

♪World shimmers at me♪

♪Love without regret♪

♪Fear for no danger♪

♪What a brilliant life♪

♪Like a bird over the waves♪

♪Still be the same as we meet again♪

♪Exchange our love and passion♪

♪Fill two hearts with happy ending♪

♪You and I, from now to the end of time♪