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The king can not step out the palace,

and guards and ministers following him will not step out either

My daddy is the Prime Minister,

and he stays with the emperor, my uncle

in this palace

My princess,

take care not to fall down!

Awu,

Where is the Imperial City of Jianning?

Granny Empress,

The Imperial City lies under Awu's feet

Where is Hui State?

The centre that all roads cross,

once divided the country into two,

now one of the most important military state that cannot be lost

This is Hui State

Where is Ningshuo?

One, two, three, four, five,

Hulan, the North and Liupan, the south,

be cautious everyday in their defense

This is where Ningshuo locates

Great!

Granny Empress,

Is Awu correct?

Yes, yes!

Empress,

Aunt Xu delivered a message from the eldest Princess

She said little Princess this month

has lived in the palace for more than 20 days

If she still doesn't return to her mansion,

she might have forgotten her parents and brother already.

No, no!

Last time Awu returned home,

burned the kitchen accidently,

and father was going to execute family discipline

Awu ran back to palace that very night

All right, all right. Not go back!

Tell Princess Jinmin,

that I cannot bear to leave her

I will keep little princess for some more days

Yes

I think

Shangyang Princess belongs to the palace

Fengchi Palace is princess's home

What a snow!

My name is Wang Xuan

Daughter of Langya Wang Family

My mother is the only sister of the emperor,

Princess Jinmin, the most beloved daughter of empress dowager

My father is the Prime Minister

Since I was born,

I was raised by grandma,

and lived in Fengchi Palace

I grew up in love

At any time,

I can come into the Central Palace,

play inside the Royal Garden,

learn and company with three princes

The Crown Prince, Zilong is naughty

The second Prince, Zilv is weak and quiet

He used to be bullied by the Crown Prince because of his mother's low status

The third Princess Zidan,

always looks at me tenderly

In my eyes,

Brother Zidan is the best.

Please come, Crown Prince,

here is a snake!

Please come, Crown Prince,

Come, come. Here he comes.

Don't run! Where the snake is!

A payment for bullying.

Hurry up!

Antie became empress,

the most honorable woman in this country,

the twelfth empress from Wang Family

I became Princess Shangyang,

more honorable than my blood brothers.

My closest people will call me my nickname

Little Princess,

Awu

Take care and slow down

Take care not to fall

Stop running!

Uncle emperor, let me hide!

Come, hide

Come on

Oh,Awu,

What's going on again?

The royal garden was too cold.

Awu simply wanted to stumble a rabbit

But Crown Prince was stumbled

Awu was afraid to be scolded by auntie and Crown Prince,

so I can only hide here

Rabbit?

There's no rabbit in the palace

If you hurt mother empress and empress,

even you come to hide here with me,

there will be no use at all

Empress is coming

Quick! Hide!

Don't let her see you!

Your Majesty

Awu told me

Trick between children

Crown Prince is her older brother,

and should behave like one

Let it go

Hear what you just said, your majesty

Awu is the only daughter of my brother

We cannot love her more

Why would I punish her for such a small matter

From my childhood to my youth age,

I used to be a flower that carefully protected,

loved by all

But I didn't know,

out of the baldachin,

in our land,

the noble class and home country I was proud of,

was rotted

There are battles in all places

On August, fifteenth year of Yuanxi,

far away in the west border,

million of sodiers

was defensing Ningshuo from Hulan

Blood flows like river, sadness grows in greatness

At the same time,

my gorgeous puberty rite

in the Taiji Palace of Jianning

is a starter of another secret battle

Maybe

from then on, everything changed.

No,

nothing had changed.

Only a light-hearted princess

grew up,

and was dragged into the fierce game at last.

The puberty rite of Princess Shangyang

Ceremony begins!

Princess Jinmin, please!

My little Awu,

you finally grow up.

At fine moment in propitious day,

You are dressed first time in adult way.

Graceful manner be respected,

Ladylike character be presented.

You will live a long life,

Live for happiness.

General Wang,

The princess is now a grown up,

and it is time to find her a husband.

Crown Prince and third Prince

both like princess.

How about your majesty's opinion?

Grand Preceptor Gu,

this is my family business,

my brother will make his own decision.

Your Empress, please.

On lucky day in fine month,

First time dress in youth.

You abandon fantasy of a child,

Shangyang Princess is outstanding

It's a pity that her family name is Wang.

Live in happiness afterwards.

The Wang Family had twelve empresses already.

Not enough for them

Family Wang and Xie are the top families in noble class.

If there is not a 'yes' from you, Lord Xie,

it will not be that easy for Wang Family.

The ceremony is over.

Congratulations for Shangyang Princess!

Top urgency! Keep clear!

Top urgency! Keep clear!

Your Majesty

When a girl grows up, she will need to marry.

Since the day Cheng Dynasty was founded

the royal family and Langya Wang Family

had generation of marriage and our blood mixed together.

As daughter of Langya Wang Family, Shangyang Princess

should follow the tradition of our country and family

and marry with one from the royal house.

Today is the puberty ceremony of Shangyang Princess.

Your majesty, why not adding in more joy

appoint an engagement for Princess Shangyang.

Your majesty, please appoint an engagement for Princess Shangyang!

Your Majesty

Since the day Cheng Dynasty was founded

twelve empress are from Langya Wang Family.

Princess should inherit the honor of her family,

and marry Crown Prince.

Your Majesty

The third prince has mild character

and excellence in both intelligence and morality.

He and Shangyang Princess like each other.

Your majesty, why not say yes to this couple.

Your Majesty

The daughter of Langya Wang Family should be empress,

this has never changed.

Your Majesty

Your majesty,

the love of two

is pure and sinceree.

Marriage should

follow their own wishes.

Awu

Wang Xuan has grown up

and no longer a child.

What I say, what I do

are all under serious consideration.

The gorgeous clothing is not what I love.

High position and great wealth are not what I am after.

My wish

is to marry whom I love.

Your majesty,

Today, in this royal hall

I would like ...

Your Majesty

Urgency from the border!

King of Hulan leads one hundred thousand soldiers

invading our north-west border!

Ningshuo is in danger!

Military emergency!

National affairs first,

my daughter's marriage can be postponed

Daddy

Lord

Little Princess would not like to worship the ancestors.

Princess asks you to persuade her.

You see,

young age

great temper

Your brother and sister-in-law will have to come and invite you.

I am just not very happy

and want to stay on my own.

You should pick the right time.

Fine.

If you really want to get punishment,

your brother and I will stay with you.

The Princess, Son of Lordship and his wife of this Prime Minister family,

will be punished together.

What a spectacle!

Awu

Father and mother are both waiting in the Ancestor Hall

Let's go, quickly.

No!

Quick!

Fall in

Awu

Come

Kneel

Recite the Langya Wang Family Instruction.

Honest your word, you are trustworthy.

Praise others and blame self first, you are honorable.

Become known and bring glory, you are piety.

Take good care for other brothers and sisters, you are respectable.

Share your wealth to others.

These five are the foundation for this family's man and woman.

Kneel again.

Wang Lin

The central mission of Langya Wang Family,

have you forgot it?

No, Wang Lin will never forget!

Awu, eat,

Father, yesterday in the Palace Hall ...

Wang Family Instruction

Eat without speaking

I will say

Yesterday, in the palace Hall

Why don't you let me pick my husband?

I can wait.

Can war wait?

You don't want me to marry Zidan!

Not stupid.

Except Zidan,

I will marry no one.

Awu

The one who marry the daughter of Langya Wang Family will rule the country.

I have to be cautious.

Eat first.

I don't believe that!

I will talk with uncle emperor!

Awu

Awu

Don't worry about her.

Ningshuo is in danger!

His majesty has his own trouble right now

and has no time for her.

Eat

Sir！

General

We found Hulan King's tent!

Soldiers of Ningshuo,

Yes!

Today

We need courage to death

We need courage to win

For Great Cheng!

Charge!

Charge!

Charge! Charge! Charge!

Soldiers of Hulan,

Charge!

Hulan.

The battle between Xiao Qi and Hulan,

what if he wins?

Three years ago, the royal court announced that

the one who kill King of Hulan

will promote to Lord, regardless of family background.

A son of no one

wants to be a Lord.

Yes, that's right.

Prime Minister Wang is just a duke.

If Xiao Qi becomes Lord,

since the first day of Cheng Dynasty,

he will be the first Lord with no royal blood.

War is an unusual situation.

It relates to the peace of a country.

You need to think it differently.

And also,

the royal court had an announcement before.

If Xiao Qi really makes it happen,

to become a Lord

is an acceptable result.

No!

Definitely no!

Right.

A Lord from no one.

That is a humiliation of all noble class families!

General Wang,

if he fails in Ningshuo,

and King of Hulan lead his army down to Jianning,

can you defend?

Prime Minister,

let's hear opinion from his majesty

Awu

Uncle

you play chess with yourself again.

That's boring.

Awu can play with you

Good

But, I have an request,

if Awu wins,

I would like to have some award.

OK

You don't even ask me what I want!

If you defeat me,

I promise to give you anything.

It's a deal.

The emperor's words cannot be changed

There is nothing wrong with this game.

Uncle, why are you so stumped?

What stumped me was the Game on the imperial court.

Now the battle in Ningsuo can not be predicted who will win.

It's a matter of survival with Cheng.

The old fellows don't worry about national calamity at all.

On the contrary, they care about whether Xiao Qi will be a Lord, if he wins.

They made into a mess.

Hulan has been more domineering over this years.

Repeatedly invaded the border.

If we do win,

that's a great achievement.

A great achievement.

We have to give him a big reward.

Uncle

You are the emperor of the country.

You shouldn't be stingy.

I am not stingy.

Xiao Qi was born from the low class

According to the rules of our House,

to make Xiao Qi a General is a great honor from the emperor.

If I make him a Lord,

the noble class will refuse to accept.

But I issued an order three years ago.

my words cannot be changed.

It makes me...

The one will go and garrison Ningsuo, if he refuses to accept.

Your words

may be able to convince the group of noble class.

However, since the founding of Cheng,

there has never been a Lord with different surname.

That's because we

have never had such a brilliant general in our country.

Just make him a Lord.

There is nothing to grudge.

No matter Xiao Qi is a Lord or a general,

he is only a pawn in uncle's hand.

I win.

I win.

I was unwise. I was unwise.

I was unwise. I can't be a liar.

I was unwise. There can be no repentance.

Uncle

You promised me before we play

if Awu wins,

There should be a reward.

your words cannot be changed.

You can't break your promise to the world,

not even break the promise to Awu

My little Awu.

The Empress and I love you.

Everything in the world belongs to you.

What more do you want?

Awu doesn't want to be a crown princess.

Awu wants majesty to promise me with oracular words.

Please allow Awu to have freedom of marriage.

Xue Daoan

Yes!

record it for me

Never play chess with Princess Shangyang in the future.

Losing a game,

is worse than losing a town.

Yes

Is that a promise, uncle?

Promise.

Thank you, You Majesty.

People all say that

Princess Shangyang is gorgeous, elegant, and unique in the world.

I really want everybody to take a look

at the way you look like a little fool.

Think about Awu at that time,

just as uncle said,

a little fool.

It seems that one sentence

can really decide the happiness of life.

What a pity!

Awu, such a clever girl,

however, has a surname of Wang.

Your Majesty, the medicine has arrived.

Majesty has allowed Shangyang Princess to have freedom of marriage.

Only to worry about the Empress and prime minister...

As for Xiao Qi's affair,

they are still quarrelling.

The courtiers were still quarrelling bitterly.

What about the prime minister?

What's his attitude?

The prime minister didn't say anything.

Aunt Liao.

What?

Ande had just been in the imperial study,

and overheard something important.

What's the great event,

that make you disturb me to do the Buddha-worship?

Her Highness

Ande said

the emperor allowed Shangyang Princess to have freedom of marriage.

What did you say?

Say it again.

Ande said

The emperor lost a chess game

and allowed Princess Shangyang to have freedom of marriage

What is freedom of marriage?

The husband of Princess Shangyang,

should be the crown prince only.

He can only be the crown prince.

Stop

Can a game of chess

deprive our position as empresses of Langya Wang Family for a hundred years?

What a joke!

Where is Princess Shangyang?

Tell her to see me at once.

Princess has already out of the palace.

Little girl, you seem to be in a good mood.

Brother

Who is this?

Isn't he the son of Duke Qi?

The wife of duke Wei, younger sister of crown prince.

Stop

You're still beautiful when you're fierce.

You

You

Who is Awu's duke of Wei?

Who is duke Wei? You're nonsense.

Everybody knows.

Three cousins in the palace all want to be your duke Wei.

Say it again?

Jiner, come and help.

Here we go.

I will let my father slap you in the face.

Who do you compare with?

You just compared with a miserable one.

Zhuangjiang is a beautiful woman of poor fortune.

Erring. Erring.

I did a divination for you specially.

Shown on the divination,

Awu will meet her beloved.

You see. As expected.

You put on a big play in the imperial study.

You have binded your hair and reached marriageable age.

Getting married is a normal thing.

But

if the matter is known to your father,

during the dinner today,

you can't avoid spanking.

What should I do?

I've though of it for you.

Jiner, wear this on your buttock.

Put it on quickly.

Turn around.

Does it hurt?

No.

Does it hurt?

How do you feel?

Come on. Have a try.

If so,

it would be better not to go to dinner.

Right.

Awu is mine.

No one can take Awu from me.

Mom

I must say it again.

My Crown Princess must be Awu.

She could only be Awu.

If you can't make the decision,

I,

I had to fight it for myself.

How dare you?

You are confused

You are my own son

Though Awu is close

she is only my niece

How could your mother ignore the relationship?

As your mother, I have done all of this

for your good

You didn't see in Awu's come-of-age ceremony

she and Zidan...

But I'm the crown prince

Your son is the crown prince

As the crown prince

how couldn't I keep my lady

and let her be taken away?

Isn't that a big joke in the world?

What's the fear?

Now you should fear that

your father allowed Awu to have freedom of marriage

and would think of changing the crown prince

Changing the crown prince

Anyway in your eyes

and as my father, my uncle

and all the others see

I've done nothing right

I'm always wrong

If you think so

What's the good of my being the crown prince?

Let it be, and I don't care

You

I don't care about it

You

You bad boy

Where is Awu?

Why doesn't she come for dinner?

Ask her to come

Father

Awu can't get up due to stomachache

I asked the kitchen

to make some porridge for her

As she is ill

I will visit her

You can't

Putting on airs at home

When she went to the palace

wasn't she in high spirits?

It's not her mistake

As soon as Awu returned from the palace...

Awu

Daddy

Today your daughter

happened to win my uncle the emperor in chess

and asked for the freedom of marriage by the way

I knew

my aunt would surely make troubles for Father

and I felt guilty

But the emperor's words are worth of gold

and the award can't be taken back

So

I thought for a long time

and decided to offer a humble apology

Then my father may take it out on me

Please punish me

Did the emperor agree without thinking

or after thinking it over?

First my uncle didn't agree

Then he thought for a while

and agreed

Put your hands out

My dear

Not beat on the buttocks?

Father

Shut up!

Give me your hand

My dear

Stretch out

Reach out

There are thorns on the vitex chinensis

which will leave scars

Change for the ruler

Fifty beats on the palm

Wang An, you do it

Just keep in mind

If someone appeals mercy for her

beat one hundred more

Beat her after dinner

Then

from now on

she cannot leave home for a hundred days

Eat

Your Majesty

Darling, sorry for keeping you waiting

Awu this child,

are brave enough

No wonder Zidan' love her

Yes.

For Zidan

She doesn't care about her identity as Crown Princess

They have been innocent playmates since childhood

and I saw Zidan's love for Awu

But

Awu is the only daughter of Wang

Her marriage

has long been related with the state and the people

Though they are in love

they are in difficulties

Yes.

I know it's difficult

The Empress and Prime Minister won't let it be

So why did you agree?

For Awu

For Zidan

and for you

Victory in Ningshuo, Victory in Ningshuo

General Xiao won

He did it

What did the emperor say?

Just one word

Reward

So the capital will be jubilant

The imperial mandate

Ningshuo General Xiao Qi

was brave in fighting against the enemies

with great merits

and killed the King of Hulan

He deserves the rewards

and should be honored

He is hereby promoted as the Zhengbei General

to govern the military affairs of northwestern states

He is titled the Lord

Return to the capital this very day

General

What does that mean?

Now that he is titled

he will gain more prestige than the noble class

won't he?

Of course

Only the emperor is higher than Lord

From now on, the soldiers of Ningshuo

will feel proud and elated

Great!

Brother,

Why do I think

it's abnormal to title the Lord this time?

What's abnormal

The old emperor said that

the one who killed the King of Hulan

will be titled the Lord

You know so much

It was the promise

he made in front of the noble class

Why can't the noble class

and the low class be the Lord？

The one who makes it should be the Lord

Huaien

Tomorrow gather five hundred soldiers and horses

and accompany me to the capital

General

Without the imperial order

no local military forces can be moved

So who do you listen to?

Yes

Will Xiao Qi go to the capital?

You arrange the welcome ceremony

I will welcome them out of town in person

Your Majesty

It's such a deep favor

He is a big hero of Great Cheng

with great achievements

Why shouldn't I treat him generously?

Your Majesty are benevolent

I remember you have a daughter

named Wan...

Wanru

Right

Is she married?

Not yet

It's the chance

I find the right person for her

Jiner