Good Bye My Princess (Dong Gong / 东宫)

Episode 24

Gu Jian.

What are you doing here?

I know that you have something big coming up.

I'm here to see you.

Me? What happened?

You're getting married.

Are you willing to marry him?

If you don't want to,

I will send you back to Xi state, we'll leave tonight.

If you want to stay,

then I will stay with you.

Where did you want to take her?

To a place that cannot hurt her.

The palace is too dangerous,

Li Chengyin is too dangerous.

But you are also someone she forgot.

You're right, I am also someone she shouldn't get close to.

I thought I could protect her.

But what if, because of me

she remembers everything? Then I will be a sinner once again.

As long as she forgets what happened before,

as long as she can live happily,

anywhere is fine.

I will protect her.

Did you eat?

I haven't congratulated you yet, for ascending to Crown Prince.

Thank you.

Didn't I tell you that I don't like this kind of stuff?

That day you were drunk, you said you want to go back to Xi State.

You said that there's no one here that really cares for you.

You don't like the complicated things here, you can't deal with them.

So it wasn't General Pei that escorted me back,

it was you.

From now on, all the complicated matters,

I will take care of them.

Are you asking me to stay?

Yes.

Please show your badge.

Badge?

I am the Ninth Princess of Xi State, I would like to see our ambassador.

Without a badge, no one can enter the Temple of Honglu.

You can go ask the Minister of Honglu, he knows me.

Our Lord is not in the temple.

Let her inside, she is the Ninth Princess of Xi State.

General Pei. - Ninth Princess.

What are you doing here?

I'm in charge of patrolling here today.

If Your Highness wanted to see the ambassador of Xi State, you can just let me know.

This way please, Your Highness.

I, La Hemeng, pays respects to Your Highness.

You may rise.

Are you the ambassadors that father sent?

I've never seen you before, wasn't it Qi Liken before?

Qi Liken has an illness and has retired.

I am here on Our King's command to send the gifts

congratulating you on your marriage.

Is father and mother well?

Our King and Queen are well,

no need for Your Highness to worry.

That's good, that's good.

I haven't been back for such a long time, I miss home.

Did you bring the grape wine from our homeland?

I brought our finest wines to the capital.

You guys know me too well.

Why do I not see anyone from Dan Chi?

Where are grandfather's people?

Grandfather didn't send He Shi here?

I.. I haven't seen them.

Maybe they arrived earlier or the route here is too far

and they haven't reached the capital yet. I am not sure.

How can you not be sure?

In the past, you guys would come together.

La Hemeng, why are do you keep stumbling over your words?

Is grandfather alright?

Is everything in Dan Chi alright?

Your Highness, don't ask me about this.

Ninth Princess, I don't know.

I will take my leave now.

Finally, uncle is here.

Back then I was afraid of His Majesty getting suspicious.

But now it's fine.

I can openly invite you to come and celebrate

the joyous event of acquiring the Eastern Palace.

His Highness ascending to Crown Prince.

He seems more calm than before.

Imperial Mother, Uncle.

It was not an easy task to recieved the Eastern Palace seal and become Crown Prince.

So today, I asked Uncle and Imperial Mother to come here

to thank you two for

the support and help all these years.

My silly child, you are my only son. Who else would I dote on but you?

Mother, I still have one more thing

I ask uncle a favor to be a witness

Are you going to ask for Zhao Se Se?

Mother, please allow me to marry Zhao Se Se

I don't know what kind of medicine did that Zhao Sese give you.

Imperial Mother, I was merely just a Prince with nothing,

but only Sese treated me wholeheartedly.

How many times have I told you?

Only the marriage with the Ninth Princess of Xi State is the right thing to do.

It's an official matter, you are obliged to do it.

You shouldn't be worrying about any lovey-dovey things.

Even if you insist on doing so, your Imperial Father will not agree.

Get up. - Imperial Mother!

I only have one wish and yet, you don't agree to it?

Get up!

I have an idea, would Your Highness be willing to hear me out?

Uncle, please speak.

If this matter is brought upon His Majesty,

He will be outraged and will find any man for Young Miss of the Zhao to marry.

What can you do about it?

This.. I never thought of it.

So I am asking you to take a step back.

How do I do that?

Marry both of them.

This.. - The Ninth Princess as your Crown Princess,

Miss Zhao as a concubine.

No, no. It is unjust for Sese.

If she is not willing to be a concubine,

then I am happy to find a rich good-for-nothing young master for her to be his first wife.

Imperial Mother, you cannot do that.

Imperial Mother, does this mean you've agreed to Sese as my concubine?

After you get married, who cares if you treat your concubine better than your wife?

Thank you, Imperial Mother. Thank you, Uncle.

General.

La Hemeng, you are smart. You know how to watch your mouth.

But you must remember, in the capital

and even in Xi State later, there are somethings that you should not talk about.

For you, the Ninth Princess and Xi State, this is a good thing.

Yes. Thank you for reminding me, General.

After an hour, the doors will be closed.

These are what the Duke brought back from Dan Chi.

If these don't make it to the Duke's Manor in time,

none of you can withstand the consequences to the Duke's wrath.

Hurry, hurry.

Alright, be careful.

Fellow customer, take a look.

There you go.

Accessories.

Candied haws!

Manor of the Duke of Zhenbei

The items on the cart are sent from the Duke.

Would General Zhao take a look.

Men! Take the items indoors.

My lord, it has been hard on you. Later you can come inside for some tea.

I would like to speak to the Duke.

Who are you? Our Duke isn't someone that you can just meet.

Just let him know that I am the Ninth Princess of Xi State.

Young Miss, our Duke is taking charge of Dan Chi, he's not home.

Taking charge of Dan Chi?

How can that be? My grandfather clearly spilt the borders with Li Kingdom.

How can he send Li Kingdom troops to take charge of Dan Chi?

Ninth Princess. - Young Miss.

Miss Zhao.

What are you doing here?

This is my home, of course I would be here.

The Manor of the Duke of Zhenbei is your home?

Then the Duke of Zhenbei is?

He is my father.

Why would your father take charge of the borders in Dan Chi?

Dan Chi was eliminated, my father deemed as Duke of Zhenbei.

He was appointed to take charge of Dan Chi under royal commands.

The Duke of Zhenbei is like the Khan of Dan Chi.

Of course he would personally have his troops and take charge of his land.

What did you just say?

Dan Chi was eliminated?

Did you not know about this?

Half a year ago, the Crown Prince and Li Chengye attacked Dan Chi,

now Dan Chi belongs to the Li Kingdom.

How about the Khan of Dan Chi? - Khan of Dan Chi?

I don't know about that.

Maybe, he died in battle.

Ninth Princess!

Young Miss, I heard the people in the palace say

to not mention the fact that the Crown Prince eliminated Dan Chi.

How can that be? She is the Princess of Xi State, and she's here for a marriage alliance.

How can she not know?

I don't know.

I heard that she was related to Dan Chi.

I heard that the wedding ceremonies in the Western Palace don't have that many traditions.

Who cares, we aren't from the palace so we don't have to follow those rules.

Either way, I was telling the truth.

Young Miss, you are right.

Eastern Palace

What are you doing?

Is it true?

What is true? Are you crazy?

Dan Chi was eliminated by the Li Kingdom, is it true?

I'm asking you whether it is, or not?

It is.

You led the troops there.

Yes.

My grandfather died.

You killed him?

I will kill you! - Xiaofeng!

What did Dan Chi ever do to you?

What kind of grudges did my grandfather have with you? Why would you do such a thing?

There were no grudges!

Khan Tömür is your grandfather but is also the enemy of the Li Kingdom.