Qin Dynasty Epic (2020): Season 1, Episode 42 - Episode #1.42 - full transcript
=Qin Dynasty Epic=
=Episode 42=
Mother,
(King of Qin, Zheng)
is he my step-father?
(Queen Dowager of Qin, Zhao Ji)
Leave with the kids.
Zheng, stop joking.
The late King is your natural father.
The Prime Minister is your godfather.
How come you have a step-father?
Don't listen to others' gossip.
Get out.
Zheng, why are you here?
I am here to visit you.
I am fine.
I got it.
Zheng.
(Qin's Duke of Changxin, Lao Ai)
Come here.
Greetings to you, Duke of Changxin.
Hurry to summon Zhao Jie.
Yes.
Zhao Jie.
Dare you do something big with me?
(Chamberlain for the Palace Garrison
of Qin, Zhao Jie)
I will defy death to serve you.
Let's overthrow the current King
and enthrone a new King.
Have you gotten cold feet?
Well,
rebellion is a capital crime.
As long as we succeed in doing this,
you will be a duke.
Have all arrangements been made?
Do you really want to do it?
Is there a problem?
His Majesty
has come to know everything.
Take action the moment
he walks out of the main hall.
Remember
to act quickly.
You mustn't
cause a stir.
Someone is coming.
(Palace Maid, Xiao Yan)
Your Majesty.
As soon as I stepped into the courtyard,
I smelled the osmanthus fragrance
permeating the air.
Mother, I want to invite you
to enjoy the fragrant flowers
in the courtyard.
I am tired.
Just go enjoy yourself.
Mother,
don't you enjoy my company?
Stay still.
Queen Dowager is with him.
What is the name of this palace maid?
She,
she is called Xiao Yan.
I have visited
Ganquan Palace many times.
How come I didn't notice
the scenery is beautiful here?
Your Majesty came
and left hastily every time
and had your mind
occupied by state affairs.
So this small courtyard
failed to attract your attention.
Zheng.
About my affair with Lao Ai,
I hope you don't take it to heart
and don't blame me for that.
I have unspeakable reasons
for doing that.
Mother, do you still remember that
while we lived in Handan
in my childhood,
I came to blows with someone else
for a pear?
After I arrived home,
you punished me.
Mother, do you remember
what you told me back then?
I said, "If you have a fight,
you must win,
and if you lose the fight,
you shall not come back."
Exactly.
Since then,
I have never lost any fight.
As a child,
you tended to get into trouble.
I was young at that time
and you protected me all the time.
Now I have grown up.
However, in your eyes,
I am still a kid.
Please allow me to excuse myself.
Zheng.
After performing your
Coming of Age Ceremony,
you will be an adult.
The state affairs of our great Qin
will be handed over to you.
I will go to Yongcheng
with the kids and Lao Ai.
When we are out of your sight,
we will be out of your mind.
Let's talk about it later.
Queen Dowager.
Kneel down!
Get on your knees!
Did you attempt to kill my son Zheng?
I dare not.
You dare not?
If Zheng hadn't been quick-witted
and invited me to
get out of the palace with him,
you would have had him killed.
That's not true.
How dare you try to kill your King!
Who gave you guts?
They gave me the guts.
They and Zheng
are all my own flesh and blood.
If anyone dares to lay a finger on them,
I will put it to death.
Are you courting death?
Who is behind this?
Nobody.
I lost my head for the moment.
Who is it?
I know who the mastermind is.
It must be that Prince Yu, right?
If not, is it Zhao Jie?
Or Xuan Si?
Who among them is the bastard?
Please remit your anger, Queen Dowager.
Queen Dowager!
Fine.
You don't want to
betray your comradeship, right?
OK.
You...
Queen Dowager.
Go tie Zhao Jie up and bring him here.
Calm your anger, Queen Dowager.
Queen Dowager.
Stop being angry.
Anger is harmful to health.
I promise you that
in the days to come,
this will never happen again.
All right?
(Ying Yu)
Duke of Changxin,
is there still anything worrying you?
His Majesty and the Queen Dowager,
once depended on each other for living
when they were in Handan.
Thus, they have established
a strong emotional bond.
As for the Queen Dowager,
it is up to you to persuade her.
As I see it,
if there are no other options,
considering the Queen Dowager's Seal
is in your hands,
we can issue an imperial order
to enumerate the crimes
committed by Ying Zheng.
The large number of roamers
and outlanders in our great Qin
will surely rush headlong
to follow Your Lordship.
(Battalion of Zhao)
Report. Top General,
here is the imperial edict.
(General of Zhao, Li Mu)
Top General, what did
His Majesty say in the imperial edict?
Beat the drum to
muster the generals and commanders.
Yes.
Greetings to you, Top General.
All generals and commanders,
Qin is about to descend into chaos.
We can't let the opportunity pass.
Come over.
The Commanding General of the Reserve.
Here, sir.
First, you shall secretly
transport two months' provisions
for 300 thousand soldiers
to the Zhao-Qin border.
Yes!
The Commanding General of the Vanguard.
Here, sir.
You shall select the competent scouts
and send them to Qin
to carry out an undercover investigation
into the defense deployment
of the Qin army.
Yes.
Commandant of the Flying Cavalry.
Here, sir.
You shall lead 20 thousand cavalrymen
to advance stealthily
in the nighttime toward
the Zhao-Qin border
and hide in the valley there
to wait for the arrival
of our main force.
Yes.
(Zhangtai Palace, Xianyang, Qin)
About how to draw the net in,
please enlighten us in details, Your Majesty.
Meng Tian and Meng Yi.
Yes, Your Majesty.
(Meng Yi)
(Chief Guards of Qin, Meng Tian)
Now the Tiger Seal and the King's Seal
are not in my hands.
Will your father General Meng Wu
obey my order?
Set your mind at ease, Your Majesty.
Our Meng Family
will serve you till death.
Good.
Wang Wan.
(Censor of Qin, Wang Wan)
Here, Your Majesty.
I want you to observe
all the courtiers in secret
to find out
who work for Lao Ai,
who work for the Prime Minister
and who remain loyal to me.
(Censor of Qin Wang Wan)
Yes, Your Majesty.
Sir, have you ever met Li Xin?
(Guest Minister of Qin, Li Si)
He ever saved my life.
How could I forget him?
Now Li Xin
is serving under General Huan Yi.
I want you to tell him
to keep an eye
on every move in the army.
Moreover,
go summon Huan Yi and Wang Jian
to the palace secretly.
Yes.
Hurry to work on it now.
Yes.
Are you still angry?
I got carried away for the moment.
From now on,
I won't do anything
harmful to His Majesty anymore.
So, stop being angry with me.
As a matter of fact,
Queen Dowager, I did this
to make preparations for you in advance.
Queen Dowager, as you know
King Xiaowen and King Zhuangxiang
only reigned for three days
and three years respectively.
His Majesty will take over
the state affairs soon.
If he…
Shut up!
My Queen Dowager,
you have to prepare for it in advance.
What are you trying to say exactly?
I am saying that
if…
If His Majesty
is really gone someday,
I want one of our kids
to succeed to the throne.
If the King is our biological son,
he will surely obey us.
If the King doesn't obey you,
you will end up
in the same situation
as Queen Dowager Huayang.
I also wish that
His Majesty could live long.
But if something bad
really happens to him,
the throne of the Qin
must
be passed down
to our biological son.
Our son Ming'er
or Rui'er
becomes the King of Qin.
Even if I give my consent to that,
will the imperial family
and the courtiers
give their consent?
My Queen Dowager, you are in power
and I have officials supporting me
in the imperial court.
So the imperial family
has to approve of it.
They are all my sons.
Does this mean you agree, Queen Dowager?
Li Si, your analysis makes sense.
Go on saying.
There is another thing, Your Majesty.
Prince Yu has visited the three states
of Zhao, Wei and Han.
I guess that
he did that as a lobbyist
to seek external aid for Lao Ai.
To destabilize our great Qin,
the states of Han, Zhao, Wei
want an opportunity badly.
Your Majesty,
in recent days, Lao Ai
has sent gifts frequently
to officials of all ranks
to win their support.
What's more,
Lao Ai's henchman Wang Jie
has been dispatched
to the Lishan Battalion
and promoted to the position
of the vice general.
How do you like it?
Good.
Good. Good.
Is the food good or the drink good?
The food is good, so is the drink.
They are both good.
I regret not to have met you sooner.
Mr. Xuan Si,
let's drink some other day.
No problem.
We must drink together another day.
(Chamberlain for the National Treasury
of Qin, Xuan Si)
You take leave. I…
Let me see you off.
I will watch you leave.
OK. OK. OK.
Take care of him.
I am not drunk.
Take care of him.
Let's drink another day.
I will wait for you.
Let's drink another day.
Mr. Xuan Si, I will wait for you.
OK.
(Jinxian Pavilion)
Sir,
Prince Yu has been brought here.
(Xin Sheng)
Help Prince Yu sober up.
Yes.
Have tumbled?
Fine.
I will drink another goblet.
I will drink another, another goblet.
My lord,
can this handkerchief
cover up the disgrace?
Mr. Li Si.
Mr. Li Si.
Greetings to you, Mr. Li Si.
I drank too much.
My lord, you have travelled across
Han, Zhao and Wei over the past month.
Have you gotten anything?
I did that in vain.
Lao Ai asked me to sound out
Wei and Zhao about
whether they would help him.
I set out in a hurry
and didn't find a chance to say goodbye.
Please forgive me for that.
Please don't blame me.
Well, are the three states
willing to help him?
Don't mention it.
Han and Wei are weak and yellow-bellied.
They worry that if Lao Ai fails,
our great Qin
will retaliate against them.
As for the State of Zhao,
Zhao is harboring ill intent
toward our great Qin.
But it won't make a decision
till Lao Ai is well-prepared.
Please see yourself out, My lord.
Let's do it on the 22nd day of April
at the Coming of
Age ceremony of His Majesty.
No.
No, it is not good.
Why?
Within such a short time,
I can't get well-prepared.
Zhao, Wei and Han have agreed
to dispatch troops to the border of Qin
as long as you give the order
to draw the main force
of the Qin army around Xianyang
out of the places
where they are stationed.
The Queen Dowager hasn't approved of it.
Zhao Jie, what is your opinion?
I will do whatever you say,
Your Lordship.
Time waits for no man.
If you don't make up your mind now,
when His Majesty
takes over the state affairs
and the Queen Dowager
hands over the power,
it will be too late.
Stay still. Don't move.
It will be done in a moment.
It's done.
Keep this sword hanging here.
Nobody is allowed to move it.
Go back to your sleep.
I will come another day.
His Majesty wants to kill me.
His Majesty wants to kill me.
If he wants to kill you,
why didn't he take action just now?
He really wants to kill me.
You are scared out of your wits.
Don't touch it.
Leave it hanging there.
As the 19th-generation offspring
of the founding ruler Duke Mu of Qin,
(Prime Minister of Qin, Lv Buwei)
grandson of King Xiaowen
(Prime Minister of Qin, Lv Buwei)
and son of King Zhuangxiang,
since his enthronization,
King Zheng of the great Qin
has been reigning diligently
to make great Qin strong,
carrying forward the virtues
of the great ancestors,
and striving for
the aspirations of the Qin people.
Now he is coming of age.
In obedience to the mandate of heaven
and in response to the will of people,
hereby it is decided that
on the 22nd day of April,
the Coming of Age Ceremony
of His Majesty is to take place
in the ancestral temple of Yongcheng.
After the ceremony, His Majesty will
assume power and handle state affairs.
Hereby it is declared to all the people.
Long live Your Majesty！Long live great Qin!
I guess
you all know my relationship
with the Queen Dowager.
There is no need for me
to hide it from you.
The Queen Dowager
has borne me two sons.
She has promised me that
if the current King is gone,
my son will succeed to the throne.
All of you
are my trustworthy brothers.
Dare you join me
in a great cause?
What... What is it?
It is to kill Ying Zheng
and enthrone a new King.
(Prince of Wei, Wei Hong,
Secret Envoy of Zhao, Guo Dan)
Do you have the guts?
I have told you
(Wei People, Po)
whenever it is,
I will go through thick
and thin with Your Lordship.
Good.
After we succeed in our cause,
I will grant all of you fiefs
and make you dukes.
The great Qin will be mine.
And the wealth and high rank
will go to you.
Under the leadership of Your Lordship
and with the support
from the Queen Dowager,
the success is within our grasp.
I agree to make the son of Your Lordship
new King of Qin.
Everybody,
back then,
Tian He, the Grand Master of Qi
banished Duke Kang of the Qi onto the sea
and ascended the throne himself.
Thus,
Qi came to be reigned
by the Tian Family.
Yes.
Your Lordship,
your Lao Family can become
the master of our great Qin.
From now on,
(Director of Grand Master of the Palace
of Qin, Dong Qi)
the Lao Family will be
the royal household of the great Qin.
Anyway, I will play a part in it.
If any of you
doesn't want to get involved,
I won't let that person off.
I cherish integrity the most.
As long as we succeed,
you'll enjoy endless wealth and glory.
Great!
Dong'er.
It has been quite a while
since you came to visit me last time.
You have many affairs to handle,
Queen Dowager.
I am afraid that I may disturb you.
Have you learned of what I did
from His Majesty?
Yes,
I have.
Do you also think that
I did wrong?
I am not in a position to
comment on that, Queen Dowager.
Just forget it.
What is the purpose of
your today's visit?
I want to get married.
I hope you can permit it.
You want to get married?
Yes.
Rise to your feet.
Tell me.
Whom do you want to get married to?
The childhood playmate of His Majesty,
Li Xin.
I know him.
His father
laid down his own life
to save His Majesty.
Come over, Dong'er. Be seated.
Yes.
In the normal sense,
you are old enough to get married.
If you want to get married,
I have no reason to oppose it.
But I am worrying that Zheng…
His Majesty's two wives
and the large number of palace maids
can take care of him.
I am of no great help
staying by his side.
He will be fine
in my absence.
Can you give up your feelings for Zheng?
You silly girl.
You grew up by my side.
How could I not know
what is on your mind?
I know you have a thing for Zheng.
I planned to
ask Zheng to marry you
after his Coming of Age Ceremony.
If I propose he to marry you,
he will definitely do it.
Besides,
I know there is a place for you
in Zheng's heart.
Queen Dowager, I am so grateful to you
for caring about me.
But His Majesty
has a lot of great things to attend to
and his mind is not on
the man-woman love.
Li Xin is sincere and tolerant.
He is very nice to me.
I have made up my mind
to get married to him.
If such is the case,
I should give it my consent.
But, how will you
let Zheng know this?
Today I came here
in the hope that
Queen Dowager can tell him this.
After all, it is only a small matter.
It is not proper for me
to tell him it myself.
It is not a small matter.
Come with me.
I will take you to see Zheng right now.
Thank you, Queen Dowager.
Hurry to rise to your feet.
When it occurs to me that
you will get married
and leave the palace,
I come to have mixed feelings,
let alone Zheng.
It is not difficult to seize Xianyang.
What is crucial is how to defend it.
There are three battalions of
450 thousand Qin soldiers
stationed around Xianyang.
Mr. Guo and Mr. Wei.
Let us hear what you will say.
Everybody,
I am Guo Dan,
the secret envoy of the state of Zhao.
Our state has deployed
300 thousand soldiers in secret.
They will be at the disposal
of the Duke of Changxin.
The King of Zhao
is really a reliable ally.
Ten days later,
Zhao, Wei and Han will move troops
to the border of the Qin
to force the main force of the Qin army
to head toward the border.
By then,
nobody will be able to stop us.
Zhao Jie commands
the troops stationed at the palace gates.
And Xuan Si
has the power of
moving the defense force of Xianyang.
You two will play the main roles
in occupying Xianyang.
Though I am
Chamberlain for the Palace Garrison,
there is Chief Guard Meng Tian
standing in my way.
The three thousand guards
under his command
are all battle-seasoned
and we can't afford to belittle them.
Meng Tian
follows His Majesty around.
So we need not worry.
That'll be good.
Mr. Zhao Jie and I can seize Xianyang.
But who will be responsible
for occupying Yongcheng?
Wang Jie
has been planted in the Lishan Battalion
by the Duke of Changxin
to take the post of the vice general.
When the time comes, I have the means
to enable him to command
the 50 thousand soldiers in Lishan.
With an army of 50 thousand soldiers,
it is impossible that
we can't seize the shabby
and small Yongcheng.
Mr. Dong Qi
will draft the imperial edict
of the Queen Dowager in advance.
Once we take action,
the imperial edict will be circulated
to tell all people that
we will rebel against Ying Zheng.
Enthrone a new King!
Enthrone a new King!
♪I remember the cold wind last night,
look at the world♪
♪It's boundless and vast♪
♪Each year is sad and very tumultuous♪
♪Military exercises at the plateaus,
horses drinking by the Yangtze River♪
♪Communicating the unification
of the country♪
♪Brandishing the safety of the world♪
♪The land was given to officials for
500 years, lives flourished and decayed♪
♪Ruined structures, sorrows, heroes'
tears, I must have great ambition♪
♪In the vast mountains and rivers,
the weather keeps changing♪
♪Bring peace to the world, build a new
universe, be like the sun and the moon♪
♪Armed for battle,
the soldiers are unstoppable♪
♪A land consumed by war,
the beginning of the king's law♪
♪Follow the footsteps of
our ancestors and martyrs♪
♪A great nation's
iron-willed representative♪
=Episode 42=
Mother,
(King of Qin, Zheng)
is he my step-father?
(Queen Dowager of Qin, Zhao Ji)
Leave with the kids.
Zheng, stop joking.
The late King is your natural father.
The Prime Minister is your godfather.
How come you have a step-father?
Don't listen to others' gossip.
Get out.
Zheng, why are you here?
I am here to visit you.
I am fine.
I got it.
Zheng.
(Qin's Duke of Changxin, Lao Ai)
Come here.
Greetings to you, Duke of Changxin.
Hurry to summon Zhao Jie.
Yes.
Zhao Jie.
Dare you do something big with me?
(Chamberlain for the Palace Garrison
of Qin, Zhao Jie)
I will defy death to serve you.
Let's overthrow the current King
and enthrone a new King.
Have you gotten cold feet?
Well,
rebellion is a capital crime.
As long as we succeed in doing this,
you will be a duke.
Have all arrangements been made?
Do you really want to do it?
Is there a problem?
His Majesty
has come to know everything.
Take action the moment
he walks out of the main hall.
Remember
to act quickly.
You mustn't
cause a stir.
Someone is coming.
(Palace Maid, Xiao Yan)
Your Majesty.
As soon as I stepped into the courtyard,
I smelled the osmanthus fragrance
permeating the air.
Mother, I want to invite you
to enjoy the fragrant flowers
in the courtyard.
I am tired.
Just go enjoy yourself.
Mother,
don't you enjoy my company?
Stay still.
Queen Dowager is with him.
What is the name of this palace maid?
She,
she is called Xiao Yan.
I have visited
Ganquan Palace many times.
How come I didn't notice
the scenery is beautiful here?
Your Majesty came
and left hastily every time
and had your mind
occupied by state affairs.
So this small courtyard
failed to attract your attention.
Zheng.
About my affair with Lao Ai,
I hope you don't take it to heart
and don't blame me for that.
I have unspeakable reasons
for doing that.
Mother, do you still remember that
while we lived in Handan
in my childhood,
I came to blows with someone else
for a pear?
After I arrived home,
you punished me.
Mother, do you remember
what you told me back then?
I said, "If you have a fight,
you must win,
and if you lose the fight,
you shall not come back."
Exactly.
Since then,
I have never lost any fight.
As a child,
you tended to get into trouble.
I was young at that time
and you protected me all the time.
Now I have grown up.
However, in your eyes,
I am still a kid.
Please allow me to excuse myself.
Zheng.
After performing your
Coming of Age Ceremony,
you will be an adult.
The state affairs of our great Qin
will be handed over to you.
I will go to Yongcheng
with the kids and Lao Ai.
When we are out of your sight,
we will be out of your mind.
Let's talk about it later.
Queen Dowager.
Kneel down!
Get on your knees!
Did you attempt to kill my son Zheng?
I dare not.
You dare not?
If Zheng hadn't been quick-witted
and invited me to
get out of the palace with him,
you would have had him killed.
That's not true.
How dare you try to kill your King!
Who gave you guts?
They gave me the guts.
They and Zheng
are all my own flesh and blood.
If anyone dares to lay a finger on them,
I will put it to death.
Are you courting death?
Who is behind this?
Nobody.
I lost my head for the moment.
Who is it?
I know who the mastermind is.
It must be that Prince Yu, right?
If not, is it Zhao Jie?
Or Xuan Si?
Who among them is the bastard?
Please remit your anger, Queen Dowager.
Queen Dowager!
Fine.
You don't want to
betray your comradeship, right?
OK.
You...
Queen Dowager.
Go tie Zhao Jie up and bring him here.
Calm your anger, Queen Dowager.
Queen Dowager.
Stop being angry.
Anger is harmful to health.
I promise you that
in the days to come,
this will never happen again.
All right?
(Ying Yu)
Duke of Changxin,
is there still anything worrying you?
His Majesty and the Queen Dowager,
once depended on each other for living
when they were in Handan.
Thus, they have established
a strong emotional bond.
As for the Queen Dowager,
it is up to you to persuade her.
As I see it,
if there are no other options,
considering the Queen Dowager's Seal
is in your hands,
we can issue an imperial order
to enumerate the crimes
committed by Ying Zheng.
The large number of roamers
and outlanders in our great Qin
will surely rush headlong
to follow Your Lordship.
(Battalion of Zhao)
Report. Top General,
here is the imperial edict.
(General of Zhao, Li Mu)
Top General, what did
His Majesty say in the imperial edict?
Beat the drum to
muster the generals and commanders.
Yes.
Greetings to you, Top General.
All generals and commanders,
Qin is about to descend into chaos.
We can't let the opportunity pass.
Come over.
The Commanding General of the Reserve.
Here, sir.
First, you shall secretly
transport two months' provisions
for 300 thousand soldiers
to the Zhao-Qin border.
Yes!
The Commanding General of the Vanguard.
Here, sir.
You shall select the competent scouts
and send them to Qin
to carry out an undercover investigation
into the defense deployment
of the Qin army.
Yes.
Commandant of the Flying Cavalry.
Here, sir.
You shall lead 20 thousand cavalrymen
to advance stealthily
in the nighttime toward
the Zhao-Qin border
and hide in the valley there
to wait for the arrival
of our main force.
Yes.
(Zhangtai Palace, Xianyang, Qin)
About how to draw the net in,
please enlighten us in details, Your Majesty.
Meng Tian and Meng Yi.
Yes, Your Majesty.
(Meng Yi)
(Chief Guards of Qin, Meng Tian)
Now the Tiger Seal and the King's Seal
are not in my hands.
Will your father General Meng Wu
obey my order?
Set your mind at ease, Your Majesty.
Our Meng Family
will serve you till death.
Good.
Wang Wan.
(Censor of Qin, Wang Wan)
Here, Your Majesty.
I want you to observe
all the courtiers in secret
to find out
who work for Lao Ai,
who work for the Prime Minister
and who remain loyal to me.
(Censor of Qin Wang Wan)
Yes, Your Majesty.
Sir, have you ever met Li Xin?
(Guest Minister of Qin, Li Si)
He ever saved my life.
How could I forget him?
Now Li Xin
is serving under General Huan Yi.
I want you to tell him
to keep an eye
on every move in the army.
Moreover,
go summon Huan Yi and Wang Jian
to the palace secretly.
Yes.
Hurry to work on it now.
Yes.
Are you still angry?
I got carried away for the moment.
From now on,
I won't do anything
harmful to His Majesty anymore.
So, stop being angry with me.
As a matter of fact,
Queen Dowager, I did this
to make preparations for you in advance.
Queen Dowager, as you know
King Xiaowen and King Zhuangxiang
only reigned for three days
and three years respectively.
His Majesty will take over
the state affairs soon.
If he…
Shut up!
My Queen Dowager,
you have to prepare for it in advance.
What are you trying to say exactly?
I am saying that
if…
If His Majesty
is really gone someday,
I want one of our kids
to succeed to the throne.
If the King is our biological son,
he will surely obey us.
If the King doesn't obey you,
you will end up
in the same situation
as Queen Dowager Huayang.
I also wish that
His Majesty could live long.
But if something bad
really happens to him,
the throne of the Qin
must
be passed down
to our biological son.
Our son Ming'er
or Rui'er
becomes the King of Qin.
Even if I give my consent to that,
will the imperial family
and the courtiers
give their consent?
My Queen Dowager, you are in power
and I have officials supporting me
in the imperial court.
So the imperial family
has to approve of it.
They are all my sons.
Does this mean you agree, Queen Dowager?
Li Si, your analysis makes sense.
Go on saying.
There is another thing, Your Majesty.
Prince Yu has visited the three states
of Zhao, Wei and Han.
I guess that
he did that as a lobbyist
to seek external aid for Lao Ai.
To destabilize our great Qin,
the states of Han, Zhao, Wei
want an opportunity badly.
Your Majesty,
in recent days, Lao Ai
has sent gifts frequently
to officials of all ranks
to win their support.
What's more,
Lao Ai's henchman Wang Jie
has been dispatched
to the Lishan Battalion
and promoted to the position
of the vice general.
How do you like it?
Good.
Good. Good.
Is the food good or the drink good?
The food is good, so is the drink.
They are both good.
I regret not to have met you sooner.
Mr. Xuan Si,
let's drink some other day.
No problem.
We must drink together another day.
(Chamberlain for the National Treasury
of Qin, Xuan Si)
You take leave. I…
Let me see you off.
I will watch you leave.
OK. OK. OK.
Take care of him.
I am not drunk.
Take care of him.
Let's drink another day.
I will wait for you.
Let's drink another day.
Mr. Xuan Si, I will wait for you.
OK.
(Jinxian Pavilion)
Sir,
Prince Yu has been brought here.
(Xin Sheng)
Help Prince Yu sober up.
Yes.
Have tumbled?
Fine.
I will drink another goblet.
I will drink another, another goblet.
My lord,
can this handkerchief
cover up the disgrace?
Mr. Li Si.
Mr. Li Si.
Greetings to you, Mr. Li Si.
I drank too much.
My lord, you have travelled across
Han, Zhao and Wei over the past month.
Have you gotten anything?
I did that in vain.
Lao Ai asked me to sound out
Wei and Zhao about
whether they would help him.
I set out in a hurry
and didn't find a chance to say goodbye.
Please forgive me for that.
Please don't blame me.
Well, are the three states
willing to help him?
Don't mention it.
Han and Wei are weak and yellow-bellied.
They worry that if Lao Ai fails,
our great Qin
will retaliate against them.
As for the State of Zhao,
Zhao is harboring ill intent
toward our great Qin.
But it won't make a decision
till Lao Ai is well-prepared.
Please see yourself out, My lord.
Let's do it on the 22nd day of April
at the Coming of
Age ceremony of His Majesty.
No.
No, it is not good.
Why?
Within such a short time,
I can't get well-prepared.
Zhao, Wei and Han have agreed
to dispatch troops to the border of Qin
as long as you give the order
to draw the main force
of the Qin army around Xianyang
out of the places
where they are stationed.
The Queen Dowager hasn't approved of it.
Zhao Jie, what is your opinion?
I will do whatever you say,
Your Lordship.
Time waits for no man.
If you don't make up your mind now,
when His Majesty
takes over the state affairs
and the Queen Dowager
hands over the power,
it will be too late.
Stay still. Don't move.
It will be done in a moment.
It's done.
Keep this sword hanging here.
Nobody is allowed to move it.
Go back to your sleep.
I will come another day.
His Majesty wants to kill me.
His Majesty wants to kill me.
If he wants to kill you,
why didn't he take action just now?
He really wants to kill me.
You are scared out of your wits.
Don't touch it.
Leave it hanging there.
As the 19th-generation offspring
of the founding ruler Duke Mu of Qin,
(Prime Minister of Qin, Lv Buwei)
grandson of King Xiaowen
(Prime Minister of Qin, Lv Buwei)
and son of King Zhuangxiang,
since his enthronization,
King Zheng of the great Qin
has been reigning diligently
to make great Qin strong,
carrying forward the virtues
of the great ancestors,
and striving for
the aspirations of the Qin people.
Now he is coming of age.
In obedience to the mandate of heaven
and in response to the will of people,
hereby it is decided that
on the 22nd day of April,
the Coming of Age Ceremony
of His Majesty is to take place
in the ancestral temple of Yongcheng.
After the ceremony, His Majesty will
assume power and handle state affairs.
Hereby it is declared to all the people.
Long live Your Majesty！Long live great Qin!
I guess
you all know my relationship
with the Queen Dowager.
There is no need for me
to hide it from you.
The Queen Dowager
has borne me two sons.
She has promised me that
if the current King is gone,
my son will succeed to the throne.
All of you
are my trustworthy brothers.
Dare you join me
in a great cause?
What... What is it?
It is to kill Ying Zheng
and enthrone a new King.
(Prince of Wei, Wei Hong,
Secret Envoy of Zhao, Guo Dan)
Do you have the guts?
I have told you
(Wei People, Po)
whenever it is,
I will go through thick
and thin with Your Lordship.
Good.
After we succeed in our cause,
I will grant all of you fiefs
and make you dukes.
The great Qin will be mine.
And the wealth and high rank
will go to you.
Under the leadership of Your Lordship
and with the support
from the Queen Dowager,
the success is within our grasp.
I agree to make the son of Your Lordship
new King of Qin.
Everybody,
back then,
Tian He, the Grand Master of Qi
banished Duke Kang of the Qi onto the sea
and ascended the throne himself.
Thus,
Qi came to be reigned
by the Tian Family.
Yes.
Your Lordship,
your Lao Family can become
the master of our great Qin.
From now on,
(Director of Grand Master of the Palace
of Qin, Dong Qi)
the Lao Family will be
the royal household of the great Qin.
Anyway, I will play a part in it.
If any of you
doesn't want to get involved,
I won't let that person off.
I cherish integrity the most.
As long as we succeed,
you'll enjoy endless wealth and glory.
Great!
Dong'er.
It has been quite a while
since you came to visit me last time.
You have many affairs to handle,
Queen Dowager.
I am afraid that I may disturb you.
Have you learned of what I did
from His Majesty?
Yes,
I have.
Do you also think that
I did wrong?
I am not in a position to
comment on that, Queen Dowager.
Just forget it.
What is the purpose of
your today's visit?
I want to get married.
I hope you can permit it.
You want to get married?
Yes.
Rise to your feet.
Tell me.
Whom do you want to get married to?
The childhood playmate of His Majesty,
Li Xin.
I know him.
His father
laid down his own life
to save His Majesty.
Come over, Dong'er. Be seated.
Yes.
In the normal sense,
you are old enough to get married.
If you want to get married,
I have no reason to oppose it.
But I am worrying that Zheng…
His Majesty's two wives
and the large number of palace maids
can take care of him.
I am of no great help
staying by his side.
He will be fine
in my absence.
Can you give up your feelings for Zheng?
You silly girl.
You grew up by my side.
How could I not know
what is on your mind?
I know you have a thing for Zheng.
I planned to
ask Zheng to marry you
after his Coming of Age Ceremony.
If I propose he to marry you,
he will definitely do it.
Besides,
I know there is a place for you
in Zheng's heart.
Queen Dowager, I am so grateful to you
for caring about me.
But His Majesty
has a lot of great things to attend to
and his mind is not on
the man-woman love.
Li Xin is sincere and tolerant.
He is very nice to me.
I have made up my mind
to get married to him.
If such is the case,
I should give it my consent.
But, how will you
let Zheng know this?
Today I came here
in the hope that
Queen Dowager can tell him this.
After all, it is only a small matter.
It is not proper for me
to tell him it myself.
It is not a small matter.
Come with me.
I will take you to see Zheng right now.
Thank you, Queen Dowager.
Hurry to rise to your feet.
When it occurs to me that
you will get married
and leave the palace,
I come to have mixed feelings,
let alone Zheng.
It is not difficult to seize Xianyang.
What is crucial is how to defend it.
There are three battalions of
450 thousand Qin soldiers
stationed around Xianyang.
Mr. Guo and Mr. Wei.
Let us hear what you will say.
Everybody,
I am Guo Dan,
the secret envoy of the state of Zhao.
Our state has deployed
300 thousand soldiers in secret.
They will be at the disposal
of the Duke of Changxin.
The King of Zhao
is really a reliable ally.
Ten days later,
Zhao, Wei and Han will move troops
to the border of the Qin
to force the main force of the Qin army
to head toward the border.
By then,
nobody will be able to stop us.
Zhao Jie commands
the troops stationed at the palace gates.
And Xuan Si
has the power of
moving the defense force of Xianyang.
You two will play the main roles
in occupying Xianyang.
Though I am
Chamberlain for the Palace Garrison,
there is Chief Guard Meng Tian
standing in my way.
The three thousand guards
under his command
are all battle-seasoned
and we can't afford to belittle them.
Meng Tian
follows His Majesty around.
So we need not worry.
That'll be good.
Mr. Zhao Jie and I can seize Xianyang.
But who will be responsible
for occupying Yongcheng?
Wang Jie
has been planted in the Lishan Battalion
by the Duke of Changxin
to take the post of the vice general.
When the time comes, I have the means
to enable him to command
the 50 thousand soldiers in Lishan.
With an army of 50 thousand soldiers,
it is impossible that
we can't seize the shabby
and small Yongcheng.
Mr. Dong Qi
will draft the imperial edict
of the Queen Dowager in advance.
Once we take action,
the imperial edict will be circulated
to tell all people that
we will rebel against Ying Zheng.
Enthrone a new King!
Enthrone a new King!
♪I remember the cold wind last night,
look at the world♪
♪It's boundless and vast♪
♪Each year is sad and very tumultuous♪
♪Military exercises at the plateaus,
horses drinking by the Yangtze River♪
♪Communicating the unification
of the country♪
♪Brandishing the safety of the world♪
♪The land was given to officials for
500 years, lives flourished and decayed♪
♪Ruined structures, sorrows, heroes'
tears, I must have great ambition♪
♪In the vast mountains and rivers,
the weather keeps changing♪
♪Bring peace to the world, build a new
universe, be like the sun and the moon♪
♪Armed for battle,
the soldiers are unstoppable♪
♪A land consumed by war,
the beginning of the king's law♪
♪Follow the footsteps of
our ancestors and martyrs♪
♪A great nation's
iron-willed representative♪