The Legend of Hao Lan (Mou Qin / 皓镧传)

~ Moonrise by Lu Hu & Huang Yali ~

The Legend of Hao Lan

Episode 45

Crown Prince was decreed by His Majesty to be his successor. He deserves your protection!

But you are helping Prince Zixi to commit a crime

and create disorder in Great Qin

and be despised by the people. Are you going to rebel?!

- Have you said enough? - Take him down!

- Zixi! - Take him down!

Who dares to take action!

Move aside or I will kill her now!

Withdraw!

Get lost!

The entire state is mourning for the Emperor. There's an imperial ban. Even if you take me as hostage, you won't be able to escape.

If I don't try, how would I know?

I didn't expect that when raising a hawk during peaceful time, it would peck my eyes!

If I had known earlier, I would have cut you to pieces!

I had known earlier that you are cold-blooded woman.

Prepare horses and provisions immediately. I want to leave Xianyang Palace now.

He's the only witness for the assassination of Royal Father.

You must not let him go. Release the arrows!

You dare to play with the life of the Empress?!

- Take action now! - Defying the Crown Prince's order is a death penalty!

What are you trying to do?

Are you going to close your eyes and let this killer go?

Kill him!

If I had known earlier, tonight, other than killing the Emperor of Qin,

I should have killed you too.

You...to me...

you are...

the most beautiful cold blooded...

woman...I have ever seen.

Everyone heard this. He personally confessed to the killing of His Majesty.

Prince, what else do you have to say?

Drag him out and expose his corpse for ten days.

Older Brother, you should be punished for hijacking the criminal.

Royal Father's demise was sudden and you were in deep grief. I won't pursue this further.

But if you persist in doing the wrong things, don't blame me for not taking into account our brotherhood.

He's already dead.

What else can I say?

I merely missed a move. I'm not that skillful like others.

Your Highness, the Crown Prince.

Congratulations.

Let's go.

General Bai, you have worked hard today. Go back and rest first.

Yes.

Follow me.

Come with me.

That scoundrel. He abandoned me midway.

When you capture him, you must skin him!

Why are you pacing up and down?

What happened that's making you restless?

Xiaochun, can you do an autopsy investigation?

What exactly happened tonight?

You want to know?

The murder of Royal Father.

Was it really done by the him?

Other than him, who else could it be?

For example...it's you.

It was really you. Huayang,

how could you bear to do that?

Since you have already guessed it,

why didn't you expose me?

If I were do that,

The death of Royal Father would create an eternal shroud of dirty haze.

As a son, how could I let him become the laughing stock in the kingdom?

Zichu, don't forget that

you are my son. This is a well-known fact.

If I fall,

those tigers and wolves will attack you.

You will never ascend to the throne.

Do you think your threat can hide the fears in you?

I will give Father his final dignity but that mean I will indulge in your betrayal.

Betrayal?

Betrayal?

You said that the Emperor of Qin doted on me.

Do you know

what this signifies?

The kind of price I have to pay?

Other than the post of the Emperor of Great Qin,

what else don't you have?

What other complaints would you have?

Your Highness, what are you doing?

Zichu.

Look at the scars your father carved on my body.

The late king reigned for fifty-six years.

He simply wasted away the life of Prince Dao. When it came to your late father,

he looked forward every day to ascend to the throne.

He waited for fifteen years, and every day within this period,

he was trembling with fear and being very cautious, as if he was walking on thin ice .

He was greatly afraid that he would lose his place as the crown prince if he did something wrong that would cause the wrath of the late king.

When he was full of fears and hatred,

he would only vent it on my body!

If he didn't drink, he would dote on me.

If he drank, he would turn into the most scary demon in the world.

Once he's sober, he would turn into a submissive

and loving husband.

Look then, Zichu. Look at your great father's masterpiece!

You shouldn't kill him too.

It wasn't me!

I was only protecting myself! The real hypocrite was your father!

When the previous Emperor died, he was dancing in joy in the Great Hall.

He also pretended grieve

and forced me to be the evil person.

Why did he do this?

Just for the name of being the most filial son in the world and for everyone to praise him! I spit on that!

Lu Buwei.

Aren't you his most trusted aide in the kingdom?

Speak.

Why aren't you saying anything?

The weather is very cold. Your Highness, don't catch cold.

Your Highness.

I heard what happened just now.

So, I went to get a physician to examine the corpse of the King of Qin.

How dare you! Who allowed you-

The wound on his head wasn't the one that took his life.

The physician felt that it was due to the king being overly sorrowful and being chronically sick for a long time,

such that when he had a mouthful of phlegm stuck in his throat, that caused him his last breath and he died.

He wasn't killed by anyone?

Crown Prince, if you don't believe, you can examine again.

Chronically sick for a long time...?

Let you feign being a filial son to gain fame and solicit praises.

A well-deserved death! What a well-deserved death!

What are you two standing here for?

Matters of women should be handled by women.

Royal Father's funeral is waiting to be arranged. Hurry, go!

Wait. Where are you two going? Stand right there!

Mother.

Your attire needs to be straightened out.

If you rushed out in this manner, you will only taint your own reputation. Right?

Why do you have to be so unceasingly coercive?

Who actually is the one who's being unceasingly coercive?

Who do I confide my misery-filled heart in?

Aren't they intending to severely punish the murderer?

Then, I will let everyone know what kind of person Lord Anguo was.

We are very clear about that in our hears.

It wasn't an acute matter that caused the King of Qin his death. It was your disloyalty.

Everything Your Highness did was just to gain their pity and remorse.

After all, Your Highness

did give Zichu a great deal of help before.

I will use this gratitude to exchange for my eternal silence.

In a very short time,

you were able to think of such a method. Your Highness is a truly extraordinay person.

People would call those men with hearts full of wild ambitions vying for power and the throne as being full of vitality.

Unrestrained debauchery was simply a matter for a laugh.

But, look at that Empress Dowager Xuan.

She assisted her young crown prince to defeat the city of Yi Qu.

She was a capable Regent who governed well for forty-one years.

In the end, she unexpectedly fell into infamy for being a corrupt woman politician.

Yes.

I did find myself a lover and enraged the King of Qin so much that it caused his death.

But, compared to those murderous siblings with wild schemes to seize the throne,

I am way below par.

If tonight, the Emperor of Qin insults you while being drunk,

and you struggle and kill him, I will applaud you for having valor.

But Your Highness knows very well what exactly happened tonight.

Your Highness, from Zhao state till Qin state,

there are starving refugees everywhere.

As a royalty-, you think about nothing except personal amusements and family wealth.

What did you do for the people?

If you were really like Empress Dowager Xuan who stabilized the political situation of Qin state,

and created an outstanding feat, I will drink to commend you.

But with due respect, with your manner,

you are not fit to be compared with Empress Dowager Xuan.

- Crown Prince's wife! - Enough, Your Highness.

At this point, you should step back.

At this last moment, take responsibility as the mother of the country

and send off the Emperor of Qin on his last journey.

If you create troubles again,

I will get someone to send you to the busy streets and let you cry till you have enough.

Let's see whether the people of Qin state will sympathize with a woman who killed her husband for passion.

Don't forget.

Whatever Zichu can't do, I can.

I'm taking my leave.

- Your Highness. - What's wrong?

You still haven't finished lecturing me?

I don't know how the Emperor of Qin felt

but that palace music teacher perhaps truly loved you.

You are spouting nonsense!

I have never gotten him, even for a single day or an hour.

Perhaps, he already had insight on your ruthlessness

but he still sacrificed his life for you.

A pity that

in your heart, he's just a toy for you play with and vent your anger at.

For the time being, nothing will happen to Her Highness.

Let's make arrangements for the funeral first.

You have worked hard.

I heard that you were at Huayang Palace tonight too.

It was a coincidence.

Coincidence?

How has Ling'er been doing?

Other than throwing tantrums, everything is well.

This younger sister of mine is unruly. She doesn't listen to my advice too.

There's no use crying over spilled milk. I hope you will treat her kindly.

You know how to worry about your younger sister. Why don't you plan for yourself too?

What plans would I have?

It's nothing else except to lead the army into battle and do my duties.