01x03 - Episode 3

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Today is an auspicious day for Zichu.

Zichu was held hostage in Zhao
for many years.

He hasn't had
the Coming of Age ceremony yet.

We especially invited the clan elders

to hold the ceremony for Zichu.

Afterwards,

Zichu would be my wife's son,

the legitimate son of the Crown Prince.

Call Zichu.

Yes.

Here comes
the recipient of the ceremony!

Zichu is so lucky.

Qin and Zhao have been
in battle for many years,

and he was able to return safely.

Not only that,

he even became the legitimate son now,

the future king.

Madam hits the birds with one stone
in acknowledging Zichu.

Zichu has a lot of merits.

Madam is recommending
a talented person for the state.

There is nothing better than that.

(Ying Yiren's Birth Mother, Xia Ji)
In order to repay her,

Zichu will surely listen to Madam

and be filial to her.

I'm afraid that
he'll listen to Lv Buwei.

Without him,

Zichu would have already been k*lled
by the King of Zhao.

How can he be here today?

You're right.

We can't underestimate that merchant.

Perhaps

he'll accomplish great things
in the future.

Father and Madam

would then treat Lv Buwei

with great respect.

Lv Buwei,

you unscrupulous merchant!

Stop!

Xi, no!

Capture him!

You unscrupulous merchant!

You unscrupulous merchant.

My son.

Call the Imperial Physician!

My son.

You tried to kidnap
and k*ll your brother before.

Now, you try to k*ll him
in front of everyone.

For the legitimate son's position,

I can't believe
you're being so ruthless!

Never mind that I didn't become
the legitimate son.

But Yiren is my brother,

and he protected Lv Buwei.

A Ying family member

disregarded the important responsibility
on his shoulders

just for an unscrupulous merchant.

He doesn't deserve
to be the legitimate son!

You don't deserve it even more!

Trying to k*ll Zichu

is a serious crime
of k*lling one's brother!

It's a false accusation!

Prince Xi is falsely accused!

It's a false accusation!

Lord Anguo.

I was the one

who tried to k*ll Zichu before!

It has nothing to do with Prince Xi!

And after he found out
what I tried to do,

he was heartbroken, and he rebuked me!

I did all of that.

Stop it.

Shut up!

Were you also the one who incited him
to do what he did today?

Yes.

I encouraged him to do that!

Lord Anguo.

I wasn't a good assistant to Prince Xi.

I'm willing to accept punishment.

In that case,

Shi Cang,

you'll be ex*cuted for your crime.

Thank you, Lord Anguo.

Ying Xi,

you'll be exiled from Xianyang,

and sent to the border as a sl*ve.

Thank you, Father!

My lord, remember. Don't exert any force.

All right. Thank you.

I'll get going.

Mr. Lv.

My lord, you were too impulsive.

If you died because of me,
all your efforts would have been wasted.

You risked everything you have
for my sake,

even your own life.

Can I watch you get k*lled,

and not do anything?

If you can smoothly become the king,

bring peace to the nation,
and save people from distress,

our wishes would be fulfilled.

It wouldn't be a waste even if I died.

Mr. Lv, stop it.

I'm not seriously wounded.

In strengthening the nation
and bringing peace to the citizens,

I still have to rely on you
in the future.

You can't do this again!

You can't.

My lord.

Madam Xia is waiting outside.

She wants to see you.

All right.

Yes.

You can't see her.

Mother is here, how can I not see her?

If you meet her,

and Madam Huayang finds out,

she might become have doubts about you.

My lord.

I don't care.

My lord!

Madam Xia.

Mother.

Mother.

My son.

Mother.

Mother.

My son.

It's been eight years.

I think of you every day.

Me too.

You have now become the legitimate son.

You must be filial to Madam Huayang.

Don't think about me.

Don't come to visit me often,

so as not to
make Madam Huayang doubt you.

How can I do that?

When you become the King of Qin someday,

that would make me very happy.

Madam Huayang is asking
about Prince Zichu's wound

and wondering if he can still complete
the Coming of Age Ceremony today.

Can he manage in his condition?

No matter what happens,

he must complete the ceremony today

to avoid any changes to the situation.

Begin the ceremony!

First, put the fabric hat on.

All right.

Be diligent and strive to improve,
don't forget your roots.

Take a bow.

Next, put on the leather hat.

Be brave in military matters,
and serve the country.

Then put on the exquisite hat.

Take a bow.

Don't forget our ancestors.

Worship them every season of the year.

The ceremony is completed.

(On the 51st year of
King Zhaoxiang of Qin's reign,)

(the King of West Zhou raised
the king's flag)

(and joined forces with other states
to attack Qin.)

The King of Zhou issued an order
for the other states

to attack Qin.

Five hundred thousand troops

are currently surrounding Yique,

making Ying Jiu's 200,000 troops

unable to go out to battle.

Your Majesty, there's no need
to discuss this matter any further.

I would like to lead 200,000 troops

to go to Yique,

and work together with Ying Jiu

to defeat the allied forces of the five states!

(General of Qin, Meng Ao)
to defeat the allied forces of the five states!

Two hundred thousand against
five hundred thousand troops.

My lord, what do you think they should do?

I think there are two options.

One, send reinforcements,

and fight the allied forces
of the five states head-on.

Second, General Ying Jiu

should retreat to Hangu Pass,

and make use of the barrier

to stop the 500,000 troops

and wait for them to leave.

Which option would you choose?

They both have pros and cons.
It's hard to decide.

What do you think, Mr. Lv?

Gentlemen. Gentlemen!

Stop the discussion for now.

His Majesty would make the decision

(Official of Qin, Yao Gu)
on how to fight the five allied states.

Please make the decision, Your Majesty!

On Yique's west

is Hangu Pass.

On the far west of Hangu Pass

is Xianyang.

Reinforcements from Xianyang

can't arrive in Yique quickly.

It's really hard to tell
whether General Ying Jiu

can hold off
until the reinforcements arrive.

Hangu Pass is not far from it.

It seems like Qin's army
should retreat to Hangu Pass.

Where is Yique?

West of Luoyi,

not even 100 miles away.

We can say

that the Lord of West Zhou isn't
even out of his backyard yet.

I think

we should retreat to Hangu Pass.

and send reinforcements to exhaust
their troops and supplies.

At this point, Ying Jiu

is leading 200,00 troops

in Yique, awaiting instructions
from Xianyang

whether he should battle in Yique

or retreat to Hangu Pass.

The Xiao Mountains and Hangu Pass may be
well-known for being hard to attack,

once we lose control of them,

Qin would be in grave danger.

Do you have another suggestion?

Send a letter to Ying Jiu.

Tell him to circle around
the allied forces' troops,

and go directly to Luoyi.

Make a surprise attack.

Force them to retreat
to Luoyi to save it.

When the time comes,

whether to battle
or await reinforcements

will be up to Qin's troops.

Your Majesty, you're brilliant!

-Your Majesty, you're brilliant!
-Your Majesty, you're brilliant!

Greetings, Father, Mother.

Zichu, you're here.

Father, you don't look well.

Does it have anything to do with
the imperial court discussion today?

Yes.

There's no countermeasure for the issue
in Yique yet?

There is.

His Majesty ordered Ying Jiu
to lead troops

and circle around the troops
from the five states,

then go to Luoyi and capture Wang Ji.

That's a very good plan.

The Lord of West Zhou will be forced
to return to Luoyi to assist them,

and they would stop attacking Qin.

You're clever.

Today, Mr. Buwei and I

was planning the same thing.

That may be a good plan,

but His Majesty sent me
to supervise the troops,

and lead them together with Ying Jiu.

His Majesty sent my father
to supervise the troops

and go to the camp to lead them
together with Ying Jiu,

but he hasn't been feeling well lately.

How can he endure the long travel?

Mr. Lu, any suggestions?

Supervise the troops on his behalf.

Me?

But I don't have any experience
in battle.

That's why you must go all the more.

Because you were held hostage in Zhao,

you became the legitimate son.

If you supervise the troops
on behalf of your father this time,

you can have
an accomplishment in battle.

You must go, you must indeed.

May God bless you.

That old fart King of Zhou

is only a few years older than me,

and he just reigned a few years
longer than me,

yet he's so foolish.

He dares to battle with Qin.

Go.

Don't be nice

to him.

Yes.

(Allied Forces Camp)

We couldn't take the place
after so long.

Any other ideas?

Report!

Xi Jun.

Urgent report from Wang Ji.

What's the matter?

(Lord of West Zhou)
What's the matter?

Qin's General Ying Jiu led
200,000 troops

to attack Wang Ji and
captured several cities in succession.

(Prime Minister of Zhao)
How many cities

(Lord Pingyuan, Zhao Sheng)
have Qin's troops occupied?

Five of them when I departed.

(Yan's General, Wei's General,
Han's General)

At this point, I'm afraid they might've
already occupied more than ten cities.

Luoyi is in danger.

Please go and assist them at once.

(Chu's Chancellor,
Lord Chunshen, Huang Xie)

Well...

All right.

Yes.

Wang Ji doesn't have
many troops with him.

It would be hard for him
to resist Qin's army.

At this point,

we can only give up
attacking Hangu Pass.

Please come with me

to assist them and save the King of Zhou.

Xi Jun.

Doesn't Wang Ji

have many troops with him?

How would the King of
Zhou have any troops?

Even the troops I brought

were recruited in short notice.

Please.

Send troops immediately to
save the King of Zhou.

Fine, I guess that's
the only thing we can do.

Everyone.

Send my orders.

Decamp now.

We'll go and assist Wang Ji.

Your Majesty, just as you predicted,

the troops stationed in Hangu Pass

have already retreated.

Biao Gong, lead 100,000 troops,

and go east to the boundary of Zhao.

If Zhao doesn't send any troops,

lead the troops to Shangdang,

and attack Handan.

Yes.

Ying Zhu.

Send a letter to Zichu immediately

permitting the Lord of West Zhou's
request for peace.

But the Lord of West Zhou must give up

36 cities in his jurisdiction

as well as their population.

Not one city

or land less.

The King of Zhou

can still reside in Luoyi,

but the land would belong to Qin.

If the Lord of West Zhou doesn't agree,

beat him up until he does.

Yes.

(Qin's Camp)

Report!

General.

You may go.

Yes.

(Qin's General, Ying Jiu)

This is the Lord of West Zhou's
negotiation letter.

This is an important matter.

The general is here.

Then we can start negotiations.

For our negotiations today,

someone is here to talk to you.

Let me introduce you.

There's no need.

So it's you, Yiren, Prince of Qin.

We know each other well.

Lord Pingyuan.

My name is already changed to Zichu.

Please don't call me by my former name.

This is the legitimate son
of Lord Anguo, the Crown Prince of Qin.

Indeed.

In that case,

this way please.

Greetings, Lord of West Zhou,

Lord Chunshen.

There's no need for courtesy.

General, this way please.

This way please, my lord.

Guards.

Bring his wife and son.

Go ahead, I'll just have my drink.

Since the Lord of West Zhou
intends to negotiate,

I'll be straight with you.

Wait.

I want to ask you.

Why are you here today?

Are you qualified to negotiate
with the Lord of West Zhou?

I represent the King of Qin.

Am I qualified enough?

After you returned to Xianyang,

your name and your tone changed.

When you were held hostage in Handan,

you were very different.

Lord of West Zhou,

Lord Chunshen.

Do you know how this man

left Handan back then?

An unscrupulous merchant took him away.

He deserted his wife and son.

He was as panicked as a dog
who lost its owner.

Why do we need to negotiate any further?

Let's all go back to camp
and prepare for battle.

No.

General.

General, general.

General, don't be angry.

Lord Pingyuan, since you keep
mentioning the past,

let me ask you.

Why was I held hostage in Zhao?

Because Zhao lost to Qin badly.

You had no choice
but to offer land to seek peace

and sign a treaty.

That's why I was held hostage in Zhao.

Not only did Zhao break the treaty,

you even wanted to
k*ll me numerous times.

How can you face the people now

and talk in good faith?

I think

that since he's the king,
he can interfere in these affairs.

Qin's troops are occupying 35 cities,

taking Luoyi under siege,
and bothering the King.

That's way out of line.

I know that the king
has always been magnanimous.

He won't be angry at the King of Qin.

So we should each take a step back.

Qin's troops should stop
the siege of Luoyi,

and return all the cities it occupied.

The King of Zhou wouldn't mind
what happened at all.

He'd treat it like it never happened.

What did you say?

It never happened?

Two hundred thousand of my troops

worked so hard to attack the cities.

That would all be in vain.

Then...

Then what do you want in exchange
for your retreat?

Our king has sent his imperial order.

If the Lord of West Zhou agrees,

the siege on Luoyi would stop.

Please tell me.

The 36 cities on your jurisdiction,

its land and population,

would all belong to Qin.

Then the siege will stop.

Sirs.

Sirs, listen to them.

Listen to them!

Qin is so greedy.

They want everything I own!

No.

They want Wang Ji.

What do you want the King of Zhou to do?

Yes.

We can't accept

the conditions you mentioned.

The King of Zhou and Lord of West Zhou

can still reside in Luoyi.

Everything would remain the same.

That's ridiculous!

What is the King of Qin's intention?

He wants to remove the King of Zhou
from his position!

Our king has no intentions of doing so.

He just wants the 36 cities
in Lord of West Zhou's jurisdiction,

the land and its population.

It doesn't affect the imperial family's
temple and society.

If the cities,
the land and its population,

would all belong to Qin,

what kind of imperial family

and imperial rule would that be?

The Lord of West Zhou is right.

I think

that the King of Qin's condition
is utterly ridiculous!

I have a suggestion.

The King of Qin should take a step back.

If he can take half of those cities,

there's still room for negotiations.

Half?

Well...

Half is still 18 cities!

Well.

Let's discuss this again.

Qin has only one condition.

There's no room for negotiation.

If you don't accept it,

The state of Qin

can only battle with you again.

Lord of West Zhou, do you agree or not?

These 35 cities of various sizes

have already been occupied by Qin.

Qin's troops

used their blood in exchange for them.

If you want them back, sure.

exchange them with over hundreds
and thousands folds of fresh blood.

You

Prince of Qin, Ying Yiren,

you're so arrogant!

Fine.

Let me show you some people.

Afterwards,

let's see if you'd act the same way.

Yiren.

Yiren.

Yiren!

Stop!

Yiren!

Stop!

Yiren!

Stop!

Yiren!

Wait here!

Yiren!

Whether you live or die

depends on your fate.

Yiren!

Ying Yiren, if you take one more step

Let go! Yiren!

Your wife would die.

Then you won't ever
see each other again.

Zheng, call your father.

Yiren!

Yiren!

Shut up!

Lord Pingyuan.

What is your condition?

It would be hard

if you go home empty-handed.

I'm a kind person.

I can convince Lord of West Zhou

to give you five cities,

plus the two of them.

Prince Yiren.

Then your journey here
wouldn't be wasted.

What if I don't agree?

Then you'd be sending them

to their deaths.

Yiren.

I know that you're a sentimental man.

You wouldn't watch your wife and son

die in front of you, right?

Agree, and we can sign
the treaty immediately.

Then you can

reunite with them immediately.

I think the King of Qin
is a reasonable man.

He wouldn't blame you.

You're right.

My king wouldn't blame me

for saving my wife and son.

But my surname is Ying.

I'm the legitimate son
of the Crown Prince of Qin.

I represent the King of Qin today.

How can I disregard
my nation and my king?

Qin's 200,000 troops

disregarded their lives

and expanded our territory.

How much blood had been shed?

How many people's lives were lost?

How can I exchange the loyal souls
of thousands of troops

for the lives of my wife and son?

I can't go against the king's orders.

I can't disappoint the troops.

And I can't delay state affairs

all the more.

The 36 cities,

its land and population,

must belong to Qin.

As for my wife and son,

Lord Pingyuan,

you can decide what to do with them.

You...

You really won't regret it?

Yiren.

Ying Yiren.

If I put down my hand,

your wife and son

would shed their blood right here.

Can you really bear

for them to die in front of you?

If you k*ll my wife and son today,

I'd personally lead troops someday

to attack Handan and destroy
your ancestral temple.

No one in the Zhao clan will be spared.

Everyone with the surname Zhao
in this world

would pay for the lives

of my wife and son.

The people of Qin are ruthless.

Indeed.

Your hearts are hard as stone.

Do you see it?

Do you see it now?

This is how the people of Qin are!

My lord.

You're really a great man of Qin.

You prioritize the public interest,
and you have guts.

If you become the king someday,

it would be great for Qin.

Is there no other way?

Lord of West Zhou, the people of Qin
have made up their minds.

If we go to battle with them,
we might not win.

Fortunately,
you and the king's positions

will be preserved.

This is fate.

It's fate.

It's the end of Zhou's rule.

My dear! Zheng!

Zheng, come here.

My dear!

I'd surely take you back to Xianyang!

Let me see Zheng!

I miss you day and night.

I miss you so much.

Zheng, come here.

His Majesty would surely
let me take you back!

Get my arrow.

Yes.

♪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 keep changing♪

♪Bring peace to the world, build a
new universe, be like the sun and moon♪

♪Armed for battle,
the soldiers are unstoppable♪

♪A land consumed by w*r,
the beginning of the king's law♪

♪Follow the footsteps of
our ancestors and martyrs♪

♪A great nation's
iron-willed representative♪