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I'm asking for this with great sincerity

to eliminate the past estrangement

between the Cui family

and Nanchen Mansion.

I would like to do so.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Congratulations, Your Highness, on your new pupil.

Congratulations, Grand Preceptor.

I will lead the troops to the south soon.

I'll be gone for several years.

My entire mansion is full of warriors.

No one will be able to take care of your young daughter.

After I win victory in the battle of Jiangshui,

send her to the Western State.

It's a deal.

It's a deal.

Uncle, please stay.

What does Your Majesty want from me?

You've been guarding the territory for my father for many years.

You've had hard work.

I'll accept this obeisance

for the soldiers.

Go back now.

I'm leaving the palace.

Won't you stay here for the night?

This place...

is not for me to stay.

When will I see you again?

The day of the funeral.

I'll be there.

Stop.

Today, there is no ruler or subject.

Only the elder and the younger.

Uncle, please hold the funeral ceremony.

I'm a king with foreign last name.

I'm not allowed to enter the royal tombs.

Uncle.

Zhao Teng.

I'm here.

I grant my uncle the sword and the golden battle-axe.

From now on, you don't need to report things with your title.

You don't have to walk to the court.

You may wear your sword in the hall.

Thank Your Majesty for your kindness.

I don't need

these extraneous things.

Uncle.

Your Majesty, take care.

In the fourth year of Shunchang, the Emperor passed away.

At the age of six, the Crown Prince was crowned.

Kneel down.

Halloo!

Long live the emperor!

Halloo!

Long live the emperor!

Again!

Long live the emperor!

Pay homage!

I know

there has always been a burden in your heart

since the late emperor was alive, Cui.

This is the royal decree for the engagement of the Crown Princess.

Cui, this is a great joy.

Cui, accept the royal decree.

When the late emperor made the engagement,

His Majesty was the Crown Prince.

My daughter is the Crown Princess.

Now that His Majesty is the emperor,

I think my daughter should be the Empress.

This decree

is wrongly made.

The late emperor made your daughter the Crown Princess,

not the Empress.

You don't have to be so aggressive, Cui.

His Majesty's accession to the throne is a celebration for all the country.

How about the royal family and the Cui family

each take a step back?

We've already made our concessions.

What more do you want, Cui?

I dare to ask.

His Majesty is only six years old.

How can there be a crown prince?

Isn't this decree

invalid?

Please be at ease, Cui.

The crown prince is here.

Zixing is here to see Your Majesty.

And Your Highness.

Get up.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

This is the third son of Wuyan King.

Liu Zixing.

From now on,

he will stay long in the palace

as His Majesty's course company.

When he reaches twenty years old, he will be crowned Prince.

Cui.

Are you satisfied with this Crown Prince?

Grand Preceptor.

It's better to have this decree than without it.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Take them all away.

Yes.

Be careful.

Stop!

Stop!

Your Highness.

The Empress Dowager Gao family has been executed.

That's a big family.

The Cui family is the leader

of all the clans north of the river.

Our dynasty's title was

decided

after the Cui family

proposed it to the ruler at that time.

That's powerful.

That's right.

Stop the carriage.

You didn't have your lunch?

He's the one who gave up his royal last name

to protect the country.

Don't you want to see him

by this?

You already told me.

He has fought all over the country as a teen

and never lost a battle.

Don't you feel curious

about such a man?

You also told me.

He had many other

famous battles.

Flooding of Jiang State.

The fierce battle of Shuo State.

Six battles in Dai State.

These are all great battles that can be written in the military books

and remembered for generations to come.

All right.

I've said all of them.

You don't want to leave the family.

As your elder brother, I understand.

So I stay and join the army

to accompany you.

Father has already agreed.

I don't have to inherit the family business anyway.

If I can stay

under the command of Jr. Nanchen King to toughen myself,

I'm sure there's no reason why Father won't agree.

Now you feel happy?

Idiot.

I'm Zhou Tianxing. Greetings to you two.

Cui Shou from the Cui family.

This is the young lord.

We've won a great victory at the border.

Master has returned to the city.

He will arrive tomorrow.

All distinguished guests,

please follow me back to the royal mansion.

The suzerain has orders

that we should all stay at the post

before paying respect to the master.

We won't need to bother you, General Zhou.

But

Master ordered this.

It's just a couple of days.

General Zhou.

Let's go to the posthouse first.

All right, please.

Let's go.

Let's go.

General Zhou.

When will His Highness return?

He'll be here before dawn for sure.

Master likes to watch the royal military parade the most

when the sun rises in the east.

This has been his habit

for many years.

Shall I have a chance to see it?

You are not a member of the royal mansion.

I'd like to take my sister to see it.

We won't disturb them.

We'll just watch from the city from afar.

At dawn,

take this

and tell the soldiers who are guarding the city

I'm the one who takes you there.

Thank you, General Zhou.

I'll take my leave now.

Take care, General.

Auntie.

Don't fall sound asleep at night.

When you hear the bamboo whistle,

come out and find me.

I'll take you to see the master.

Let's go.

How do you feel? Are you sleepy?

Who is it?

Don't be afraid.

This is General Zhou's token.

He allows us to go up to the city tower

to watch the sunrise parade of the King's army.

If you don't trust us,

you can keep watch on us.

Please.

Thank you.

The one who will step on that platform

is your future master.

He's coming!

He's here!

Witnessed by the world, loyally stick to the righteousness.

Witnessed by the world, loyally stick to the righteousness.

Witnessed by the world, loyally stick to the righteousness.

Witnessed by the world, loyally stick to the righteousness.

At the daybreak of the long night, the armies march together.

The smoke of wolf's dung rises, the yellow sand fills the sky.

This is the real Zhou Shengchen.

Jr. Nanchen King

with thousands of courtiers

and 700,000 troops in his charge.

Were us of one mind

or did I fall in love?

At that time,

I didn't know these.

I was just shocked by what I saw.

Who are you?

Sister, don't be afraid.

How dare you go up to the gate tower?

Speak up!

Xiaoyu, don't scare them.

Yes, Master.

Who we saw under the gate this morning

are from the Cui family.

Two.

A man and a woman.

The man is older.

That must be him.

I gave the token

to the third son of the Cui family.

He said he admired you

and wanted to see you watch the parade.

I thought he was a spy.

I almost caught him.

Thanks to master's recognition.

Otherwise you would have been in trouble this time.

Master, sorry I did that.

It's okay.

When's the master worship banquet?

The day after tomorrow.

The day after tomorrow.

Make it simple.

Yes.

Take your time.

My junior sister apprentice

is from a well-known family.

She's a girl of courtesy.

Don't be so fussy

when you're working.

Take and put the things away gently.

Don't even make footsteps.

Okay.

I've also heard that

they don't even show their teeth when they smile.

Smile.

General, I don't smile well.

I should hide.

I'll work in the back.

Go. Go.

General Feng.

What?

General Feng, what are you doing?

I'm training my soldiers

to save the dignity of the royal family.

Do you know, General Feng?

Don't do to others what you don't want done to you.

No, General Xie, slow down.

What exactly did you say?

General Cui and the 2,000 family soldiers

will stay here

to protect you in Western State.

Once you're in the royal mansion,

be careful what you say and do.

Don't disgrace the reputation of our family.

Jr. Nanchen King.

Mrs. Cui.

This is...?

This is Cui Feng.

Cui Feng, pay your respects to His Highness.

Your Highness.

There's no need to be overcourteous.

Please come inside.

Shiyi?

You're called Eleven at home, aren't you?

That's right.

I already have ten pupils.

I'll call you Eleven, too.

Is that alright?

He didn't call himself King.

but “I” instead.

What a strange person.

What's to do next?

Bow down one more time?

Get up.

There aren't many rules in the Nanchen Royal Mansion.

Don't be so concerned about the rituals of master worship.

This is your senior sister.

If you have any problems in the future,

just come to her.

Your Highness, someone from the palace has arrived,

saying they've brought gifts from His Majesty.

Let them in.

Yes, sir.

Greetings, Your Highness.

Congratulations, Your Highness.

Congratulations, Miss Cui.

Someone!

These two pieces

are the royal gifts from His Majesty.

What if I

still won't accept them this time?

His Majesty said

he is the emperor.

You're supposed to accept the gifts.

His Majesty also said

these two pieces were given to

you and your disciple.

Choose the ones you like

and just take them.

Then I will have to thank His Majesty.

Tianxing.

I'm here.

Take these

to Eleven's courtyard.

Yes.

Please.

His Majesty

also sent a painter this time,

meaning to make a portrait of Miss Cui.

She's to be sent to the Eastern Palace in the future.

Xiaoyu.

Take Eleven and the painter

to my study.

Yes.

Gentlemen, this way please.

I have something

to talk to His Highness.

All of you, please leave.

Yes.

Mrs. Cui, please.

This is Cui Shou.

This time

he has led the 2,000 soldiers of our family

and wanted to stay in Western State to protect my daughter.

I hope Your Highness will allow him to do so.

All right.

I will order someone to place them.

Thank you, Your Highness.

General Cui.

Do you want to cultivate the fields?

Fields?

My army do farming normally.

When it's not war time, they cultivate their own fields.

Then General Cui shall follow the custom.

Yes.

There's one more thing.

Cui Feng has admired you since he was a child.

He wants to follow you into battles.

I have a letter of recommendation

from my brother.

No need to show me the letter of recommendation.

As long as your son is not afraid of death,

he can join the army at any time.

I thought I'd have to go through a lot of trouble

talking about this.

I never refuse someone

from a famous family who wants to join the army.

As for whether he can stay or not,

it depends on his own ability.

There is one last thing.

It's about Shiyi?

Your Highness, you've met her.

Shiyi has been like this since she was a child.

She can't speak.

Is it a disease or...

Since her father left home,

she has been ill.

Maybe it's a real illness.

Maybe it's a heart disease.

It's so lifelike.

Good.

You've done a great job, Miss. Cui.

Junior sister.

Say goodbye to your mother.

Study hard.

Once a teacher, always a father.

Listen to your master.

Remember.

Your Highness, farewell.

From now on,

I will not be by your side anymore.

You must get used to it.

At the age of the junior sister,

Master is already a great general.

She still can't let go of her mother.

You've come a long way.

Rest for a few days.

Master.

Why don't I take her back to the courtyard first?

Go.

Yes.

Wait.

You just came to the royal mansion.

I'd better take you there myself.

If anyone dares to bully my sister again,

I'll hunt him down.

Two pieces of news.

His Highness has agreed to let me join the King's army.

I can go with the army now.

Second.

Tonight

I will patrol the camps outside the city

with General Hong.

I won't be able to accompany you.

I can be alone.

Don't worry, brother.

If you feel lonely,

and like to read books,

there is a library in the backyard of the royal mansion.

You can go there and take a look.

Thank you, senior sister.

Then take care of yourself.

We'll leave now.

Let's go, General Hong.

No trespassing

to His Highness' study.

What is it?

I…

You may leave first.

Yes.

Your Highness, Miss. Cui is missing.

The daughter from a powerful family is missing at night.

If word gets out, it will sabotage her reputation.

I dare not say anything.

I can only come to you.

Don't panic.

She'll be fine in the royal mansion.

I'll go and look for her now.

Why did you come to the library?

You're homesick?

Your senior brothers and sisters

always treat the royal mansion

as their own home.

Although they call me Master,

we all treat each other as family.

You don't have to be so reserved.

I don't usually live in the royal mansion

for a long time.

When I was not in the royal mansion,

the library was always locked.

Since you like it,

I'll leave this key to you

from now on.

Consider it a gift for today's master worship.

You forget what I said during the day?

No need to be overcourteous.

Go back and rest.

In the study.

Looking for Master?

What do you want?

Take the morning salute.

Master.

She…

What is it?

She wants to pay her respects to you.

Pay her respects?

You…

have to pay courtesy call every day?

To Your Highness.

As a disciple,

she must not neglect her morning and evening visits.

Have to be once in the morning, once in the evening?

Not once can be saved?

It's a must.

What else?

What?

I'm asking

how many manners

her mother has taught her?

That's a lot.

There are many things in terms of

words, food, washing, traveling,

sitting and lying down.

If...

If she wants to see me in the study,

how many rules does she have to go through?

Before entering, she should knock three times

to inform the master.

She shall not sit inside

but stand respectfully to the left of the master.

When the master asks her to sit, she shall resist.

She can only sit down

after the master asks her to sit three times in a row.

Forget about these.

As the old saying goes,

“A disciple serves his master with the same respect as his father.”

How can I forget?

There is only one rule here.

That is, to carry out military orders.

Forget about everything else.

If you teach her that,

the Cui family should detest you.

Now that they're in Western State,

Cui can't control it anymore.

Shiyi.

What are you doing?

Sorting out the ancient books.

Who told you to do that?

Wasn't it you?

Master asked me to manage the library.

Naturally, I have to take care of the books.

I gave you the key

so that

you can come here whenever you want.

There is no other good place in the mansion.

Only the library left by my aunt

is somewhat interesting.

I came here to learn from you,

not to have fun.

I know.

Then why didn't you teach me?

I haven't figured out how to teach you yet

because you are the first authentic pupil

I've ever had.

What is it, Your Highness?

You're unsettled?

I've never had a pupil before.

Aren't Xiaoyu and the others

all your disciples?

They call me “Master”

because

I want to give them a home

so that they have an excuse to stay

in the royal mansion.

I never

preached and taught.

In that case, it's true.

So…

You were once Grand Preceptor.

Your Highness.

That was 20 years ago.

You should have something to pass on anyway.

No.

The ones I taught were royal sons.

I didn't once teach

daughters of noble families.

No, no.

In the residence of Cui,

what did she learn already?

To Your Highness.

Other than etiquette,

she didn't learn anything else.

But she likes to read.

She always studied at the academy since she was young.

Did her uncle once say

what he wanted her to learn?

No martial arts, but anything else works.

She doesn't want to learn martial arts in the royal mansion.

Does she just want to get a title

of disciple?

Have someone prepare the zither in the study.

Prepare the zither.

Master, you can play this?

What?

You think I don't know how to play?

We really thought

you were only good at martial arts.

In the past, in Central State,

His Highness was often criticized

on etiquette.

But in terms of talent,

no one was as good as His Highness.

You.

Watch and learn.

The instruments here are all heirlooms.

One of them

was used by His Highness when he was a child.

After the late emperor passed away,

it was sent to Western State.

His Highness asked

you to choose for yourself.

Which is the one Master once used?

Are you asking me which

is the one His Highness used?

It's this one.

It's called the High Wind.

The high wind raises the waves,

like the rising fields in the mountains.